so I asked him and he said he changed the fluid in the TC the day before he brought it to me.

when I opened the top fill hole fluid came out (which technically means it has too much fluid in it right) everything I’ve read says you should be able to dip your finger in it and feel fluid at the rim and the only way to fill it past that would be to have raised the truck on a non level surface (i.e. jack up the back and which lowers the front)

in alldata it says leaking from the seal could mean that the seal is bad OR that the fluid is overfilled. See attached pic.

if the fluid is overfilled and it’s leaking from the weep hole that would explain it no?

i found an alldata article to replace the bushing Does anyone have any additional info on replacing the bushing?

 

I found this for the bushing on alldata

 

alldata lists the bushing part number as: 2801726

rockauto:

https://www.rockauto.com/en/parts/at...+bushing,10973

 

With the yoke and the seal removed, can you move the splined end of the output shaft laterally ? That will tell if there's something else going on.

 

can you elaborate what you mean by the yoke? I’m only halfway mechanically inclined are you taking about the shaft that slides into the extension housing?

if I remove the drive shaft and grab the splines coming out of the extension housing there’s no wiggle it’s pretty tight.

 

If there is no wiggle then the bushing is fine

 

Yoke is the part of the driveshaft that slides onto the shaft. I wouldn't be surprised if there was a BIT of slop in the shaft.... it's a long way from any support bearing there.

And why would anyone put a weep hole in a SEAL???? Isn't the whole idea of a seal to keep stuff IN????

 

I believe they are the same

 

my thoughts exactly. But as per alldata I think it’s an easy way of seeing if the fluid is overfilled? I’ve got the truck on a level surface with a pan under it I’m letting it drip until it stops then checking fluid level and seeing if maybe it was just overfilled.

 

Possible I suppose. There IS a fluid pump in the t-case, to make sure everything gets lubed properly......