I've got an annoying leak from the oil seal on the gear selector shaft where it enters the gearbox. I'm a competent home mechanic but don't normally get involved in taking gear boxes apart. Replaced many a drive shaft seal before but this one has flagged 'caution' in that to replace the seal the gear selector housing has to come off and the seal removed/replaced from the inside....poor design or what!
I'm jittery about lifting the selector housing from the gear box because I cannot find any reference guides anywhere on how to do this. My biggest concern is that there will be 'bits' drop out as I lift the housing off and I will not have a clue where they go on re assembly. Also I have no torque settings for re tightening the bolts onto a a new gasket but I guess I can take a reading before undoing the originals.
Any advice would be appreciated, good or bad as to whether its a good idea to tackle this myself. We're only talking about a £2 seal if I can get the housing off and back on again correctly. I'm expecting some kind of splined end to the shaft inside the housing with a pinch bolt which can be undone, noting positioning, to allow the shaft to be withdrawn and the seal removed/replaced from within??
Look forward to any help.
Many thanks in anticipation.
Edited by Lockie on 24/04/2016 at 13:14
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