Help! Broken Trans Rear Housing(pics)

redlinedeath · #1 04-21-2010, 01:25 PM

so its my day off today, and i went to my moms house where my subaru is parked to replace the rear seal on the trans, the one that the drive shaft slides into. it was slightly out of round, and had been leaking so i decided to replace this, in hopes of curing my transmission problems(in another thread. i got the exhaust and driveshaft off, and pulled off the cover that goes over that end of the trans, the small cup sized cover and the photos show what i found. the missing piece was sitting in there behind small cover i removed, so i have that, but its def broken.

what can i do? will the new seal take care of everything? will it leak?

it turns out my small leak wasnt small at all, the whole underside of the car is coverd with spray of trans fluid from the driveshaft flinging it everywhere. i checked the level this morning, and it was a quart low, i guess it makes sence that i was constantly checking and adding.

so what do i do? the part thats still there next to the missing chunk is still bent, and im pretty sure itll crack if i try to straighten it out.

redlinedeath · #2 04-21-2010, 01:29 PM

as it turns out, the seal isnt as deep as that broken peice, so i cant put it on without having a gaping hole....

redlinedeath · #3 04-21-2010, 03:53 PM

a bump for needing help, the cars in my moms basketball court in her backyard on jackstands, help!

TomsSVX · #4 04-21-2010, 04:17 PM

I know someone who has a housing that came off my rebuilt trans... Will give him a call and see if he wants to part with it

Tom

redlinedeath · #5 04-21-2010, 04:20 PM

NOOOOOOOO! is that my only option? i thought this may be the case after i posted this, so i removed all the bolts to the rear housing on the old trans i removed, as it looked great. so if thats my option, then im already 25% there. nothing else to do then?

TomsSVX · #6 04-21-2010, 04:22 PM

yea, thats the only option

Tom