_Malm
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Hi. About three weeks ago, I found a leak on the oil-seal to the outgoing drive-shaft in the transmission (manual T56 trans, see pic).
I ordered a original Mopar-seal that comes from Tremec and was going to change it when I saw that there was 3 screws around the trans-house that was screwed right in to the seal. And I could pull the old seal out with my fingers when i loosened the screws. And you could clearly see that there was 3 marks from the screws in the seal (the screws are edged). I took the new seal and that was the same, I could push it in with my fingers. That isn´t correct?!
So I ordered a new seal from a friend of me that was 0,2 mm larger on the outside of the gasket and that fitted perfectly!
I took the screws, put Loctite on and tightened just a little bit so they wouldn´t push on the seal.
Now for my question; What´s the meaning of putting those screws there??? It can´t be correctly :dontknow: :dontknow:
Top of the transmission-house
Here you can see the edged-screw..
I ordered a original Mopar-seal that comes from Tremec and was going to change it when I saw that there was 3 screws around the trans-house that was screwed right in to the seal. And I could pull the old seal out with my fingers when i loosened the screws. And you could clearly see that there was 3 marks from the screws in the seal (the screws are edged). I took the new seal and that was the same, I could push it in with my fingers. That isn´t correct?!
So I ordered a new seal from a friend of me that was 0,2 mm larger on the outside of the gasket and that fitted perfectly!
I took the screws, put Loctite on and tightened just a little bit so they wouldn´t push on the seal.
Now for my question; What´s the meaning of putting those screws there??? It can´t be correctly :dontknow: :dontknow:
Top of the transmission-house
Here you can see the edged-screw..