str8dogg

I appologize, rear cover of the rear end or tranny (iff applicable)? If the rear-end, can that be done as it sits in my driveway, Never done such a thing?

Just call me Sean

iTrader: (1)

He is speaking of the rear end. Yes it can be done in your driveway. You will want to raise the rear if you want to spin the tires (by hand) while the cover is off to check the gears. I think your problems are going to deal with the shifter since that's what you have worked on. Something must still be out of place.

str8dogg

K, will do. But I still have to ask this question AGAIN. It is possible to rotate the rear-end. Here is why I asked. In a different thread I mentioned the issue with my shifter not engaging, similar to what it is doing now. But the problem was me removing the shifter in gear and replacing back in the wrong gear. Used a screwdriver and corrected that. The problem is that before I knew there was a problem I drove my truck down the driveway and couldn't put it in reverse, hince the shifter problem mentioned before. Because the truck was in gear I couldn't "push" the truck to where I needed to do the work so I put a hydraulic jack under the rear to raise it and pushed it. I also used my car to assist. Nonetheless, my drive is fairly solid with only minor cracks and construction joints. Could I have done any damage to the rear that would cause it to rotate thereby causing the driveshaft to move, thereby causing a lack of engagement of my tranny gears? This is a "way out of the universe" question, but I am an engineer and I have a tendecy to think way out there.

Just call me Sean

iTrader: (1)

You wouldn't have done any damage moving it that way, even if the tires did touch the ground while you were moving it. If the tires did touch the ground it would have been like push starting it, everything would have spun including the engine. This wouldn't cause any damage. If you can drive the truck in first and reverse then the transmission should be okay, because those would be the two most likely to be damaged with the incorrect placement of the shifter. You did say that you have no shifter bushings, right? It is possible there was a little bit of the bushing left before you took it apart, and then it fell inside the transmission when you took it apart. This would explain the harder shifting because there is now more slack in the shifter and you never saw the bushing before it fell in. If it did fall in it wouldn't cause any problems with the gears because it's plastic and would be ground up into bits, but it could be stuck between the rails and causing some problems.

str8dogg

O.K. That is what I needed to hear. Correct, I don't think that there are any bushings at all in the shifter. At least I KNOW that i didn't remove any while removing the shifter. Just out of curiosity, in the pics that I posted relating to my "tranny" thread before, did anyone of you see any bushings in there (i.e. the lowere bushings)? I will get the bushings this week and make sure that my clutch is fully bled and see what happens. Thanks.

Just call me Sean

iTrader: (1)

No, I don't see any bushings in your pictures. The top one wouldn't have fallen off unless you removed the shifter from the lower part that inserts into the tranny, and it doesn't look like you did that and I don't see it either.

str8dogg

Kool, I will try to work on it this week, and let you know.

str8dogg

I am removing my rearend cover, There is a whole lot of liquid running out. What is the liquid and how do I refill what is spilling? It is flowing like a waterfall, and I haven't totally removed the cover yet. I sould have known that there would be liquid, but I was thinking more along the lines of grease. Will I screw up anything by moving forward with the cover removal?

Just call me Sean

iTrader: (1)

That's gear oil, 80w-90. There's a fill plug on the front of the housing about half way up, it's unscrewed with the square end of a 3/8 ratchet. Fill until gear oil runs out the hole.