tranny went bad on type44. Shall I be surpised?

[kbogach]

Roy, I changed the seal, so I took the flange out.  The bolt was tight, 
and nothing changed when I put everything back.  With the flange off I 
pushed differential through the opening and it moved definitely too 
much.  Like it was loose there.   I tried to figure out how the 
differential is held in place from staring into Bentley but could not 
get it.  Car was on neutral.  Again, friend mechanic said it moves too 
much.  He knows much more than I do, of course, but he  admitted that he 
does not know much about transmission internals.
Thank you.
Konstantine

Roy Wendell wrote:
>
>> Roy,  drive flanges move a lot - 1/4 inch at least.  But there was no 
>> whining whatsoever.   The reason I went there is that I significant 
>> oil leak in the area of right drive flange(I had to add about 300-400 
>> ml, I don't consider it was dangerously low level, righ?).  I  
>> changed the seal anyway.   What puzzles me that moved the car out of 
>> garage to parking lot,  moved in on the lift next day to change brake 
>> hose and the flange was all in oil.   Probably it wobbles so much 
>> that even new seal can not hold the oil inside.  But why the left 
>> side does not leak then, I wonder?   Moving flanges with hand feels 
>> same on both sides. Unfortunately, I don't have garage, it is damn 
>> cold and I have limited time in on lift in a garage where my friend 
>> works as mechanic.   I need to find shortest time-wise remedy.  I 
>> sounds like I have to find used tranny.
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Konstantine.
>>
>
> Hmm, 1/4" does sound like a lot. That would mean that the differential 
> side gears have been wearing down the diff carrier casting or vise 
> versa. Odd, very very odd. It involves a lot of work but at the very 
> least you might want to check and make sure that the bolt that holds 
> the drive flange to the gear is tight. It's an allen head bolt in the 
> very center of the flange that is revealed once you take the inner cv 
> joint off.
>
> Tell you what, I'll slide under mine at some point tomorrow and see 
> how much play mine has just as a comparison.
>
> Roy
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