Good morning list folk,
I recently completed a total gearbox and overdrive tear down, parts
inspection and replacement as necessary, and reassembly. After the
system was back in the car and had 600-700 miles on it I needed to
correct a major leak that had developed. As a result of this second
effort I found nearly all of the nuts and bolts on the system casework
required re-tightening. Having never before having tackled a project
like a transmission overhaul I was surprised to find the fasteners had
apparently loosened. I had very carefully wrenched them all during
the reassembly process with the objective of making sure all nuts/lock
washers and bolts were as tight as they had been on disassembly. Yet
they all took one to two flats of re-tightening during the leak
search. Is this need to re-tighten transmission hardware at all
common? Oh yeah, leak found and fixed.
Mark 3
'66 BJ8
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