Hi. Regular lurker here. I have a 1999 Dodge Ram 1500 4x4. The transfer case was leaking so I pulled it apart and found a tear in the rubber on the bonded shim gasket at the tail housing. Does anyone know where I can get a new one. Everywhere I’ve looked shows them out of stock with no expected return date. Will a cork gasket work in its place? If so, what thickness should I get to make sure everything goes back together correctly?

Thank you

 

Can you measure the thickness of the original gasket??

If it is just for the tail housing, I don't think its a real critical dimension.....

 

Yep, comes in a tube and has something to with Spock at room temp.....

 

The shim thickness is .063 and according to TorqueKing “is both a shim and a gasket. The metal plate insures correct mainshaft to input shaft spacing is maintained and the raised rubber ring forms a leak-proof seal between your rear case half and rear bearing retainer.

it looks like this:

 

This is for the slip shaft tail housing?

How does it have anything to do with input shaft?

 

That's what I was wondering..... Why would an eighth of an inch matter on that??

 

That goes between the main shaft rear bearing retainer and the rear case, so it would shim something. However, there is no tapered bearings, so I don't know what difference it would make. Can't find any seal/gasket kit that would have that. And looking at the picture of my t-case in pieces on the floor, all I see is RTV on the rear bearing retainer. Can't recall there being any kind of shim.

 

the gasket goes here. I’m not sure what if any difference it makes, but I don’t want that little bit of space to cause a complete failure of the transfer case.

 

This place his a 'complete' kit for less than 20 bucks.

 

I think this is the gasket you are looking for from Jegs summit or ebay. It is the only thing that looks the same however it says form 2002-2012

Mopar Transfer Case Gasket 5086042AA