<div dir="ltr"><div>I was able to easily align the splines once I backed off the nuts a bit (only about 3/16 of an inch gap). Once I had the gap I just wiggled my "spline" tool to get alignment and then lifted the OD and lowered it over the mainshaft (trans was sitting on the bellhousing with the mainshaft pointing straight up. I used an artist's brush to try to get a coating of permatex gasket sealer into the gap (there is no gasket in this joint).</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Apr 1, 2023 at 9:29 AM Jeff Scarbrough <<a href="mailto:fishplate@gmail.com" target="_blank">fishplate@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">If you have to loosen it anyway, is there any harm in completely<br>
detaching it and replacing the gasket?<br>
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On Fri, Mar 31, 2023 at 8:25 AM aribert neumann <<a href="mailto:aribertn@gmail.com" target="_blank">aribertn@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> I have the D-type. Based on responses and a couple of videos I found, it appears that I need to reduce spring pressure no matter what to be able to get the splines loose enough to rotate. So it looks like I need to loosen the fasteners that secure the castings on either side of item 26. Image of D-type attached. I can just imagine another (future) oil leak. Still a bit surprised the splines shifted when all I did after removing was to pour solvent into the diff and slosh the solvent around.<br>
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