Check the tail shaft bushing. If it's worn the seal will pull down causing a leak. Just a thought.
Still about 1/2-3/4" of shaft showing ?Custom driveshaft. The yoke is buried in the tailshaft housing. Never noticed if there was play in the bushing, I'll have to inspect when I pull the trans.
Please excuse my ignorance but what exactly is a "rooster comb"? Had several TH350 and TH400 cars, built my own TH400 a few years back, but unfamiliar with this term. Just curious. Thanks.
Nope, that is what it is. Rooster comb.Maybe I'm using the wrong terminology. The plate attached to the shift shaft inside the trans has notches for a spring that create the detents for the gear positions. I heard it called a roster comb.
That yellow arm in the pic is what you hear click when shifting gears and sometimes the bolt that holds it comes loose and if your car ever drifts when in park and you hear that dreaded click, click, click...this is whats wrong and is an easy fix as Scudzuki found.Scudzuki & Doug, thank you guys for the reply & helping me learn something new! I googled it and it the pics of chicken/rooster combs came up. Perfect term for this part, looks just like the the animal. My uncle that farms would be disappointed in me for not knowing. Always curious, had to ask or miss a chance to learn something. Nice 69 Scudzuki by the way!
It's what I always referred to as the "parking pawl". But it will be a rooster comb going forward to me, explains it perfectly! I really welcome opportunities to keep learning & that led to ask the question. Appreciate you guys helping me out.That yellow arm in the pic is what you hear click when shifting gears and sometimes the bolt that holds it comes loose and if your car ever drifts when in park and you hear that dreaded click, click, click...this is whats wrong and is an easy fix as Scudzuki found.
I have this same leak on my 350. I am planning to replace the o-rings as well. I'd like to go 200r4 also but haven't found any locally to rebuild.Not an economical fix for the leak....replace it with a 200R4! Hey honey, my trans has a small leak, looks like I'll for sure need a new trans...forum guys all agree so must be the ONLY possible solution! Yea, that should work.![]()
The correct sleeve mounts under the speedo gear and the o ring seals around the yolk. The purpose of the sleeve and o ring is to prevent t fluid from getting down the splines and leaking out the vent hole in the yoke. In my short time working at AAMCO back in the 70s I saw this a few times.I've also been eyeing up the sleeve and o-ring that is available. Not sure if I should install one of those as well. I can't see where the o-ring would seal being as the output shaft is splined right up to where the speedo drive gear mounts. From what I can tell, the sleeve is used in vented tailshaft housing applications, and my tailshaft is not vented.
Joe