Water in upper housing?(added photo link)

[Mahoney]

Re: Water in upper housing?(added photo link)

I have the Clymers manual and it doesnt even go this far. Good news though. It is not cooroded at all but rather what you just described. It seams there is an oring around the bottom part of that shaft sitting about where the fat part of the tower and the thin part of the tower in that pic show. I was easily able to rotate that whole assembly inside the upper housing, so now I just need to know how to extract it without tearing anything up. I do have an entire upper seal kit on the way, but I can't count on that to replace something I might damage removing it incorrectly.<br /><br />There is a nut on top of the pinion gear I could try to remove, but if it is anything like the ball gear assembly, I wouldnt think this would need to be removed to take that whole housing out. Maybe it just requires a little bit of good ole fashion elbow grease to work out?

 

[KaGee]

Re: Water in upper housing?(added photo link)

I have highlited where the O-ring is so you have an idea. There is a shim between the bearing housing and the upper housing. Be careful so you do not damage it. You have to re-use it.<br /><br /><br />

<br /><br />>>> You have to remove the bearing housing from the upper housing first, before trying to remove the pinion gear. <<<<br /><br />Then you have to remove the pinion gear in order to remove the shaft to replace the seals.<br /><br />Good luck.

 

[Mahoney]

Re: Water in upper housing?(added photo link)

Ahh, thats the trick. removing the bearing housing from the upper housing that is stumping me. Any idea on this? Other than just kinda yanking it out?