1997 Caravan 4 speed auto trans leak
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i replaced it on the vehical dont know if i could take the plate off or not and if i do which i was thinking about is there a gasket behing it that i would have to replace and if it ends up being the bearings a shot can i replace them front the same spot? this is a nightmare i need this van for work and its killing me!!!!!! its not a hard task to do at all honestly its just a pain in the ***!
6 bolts (13mm) and a tube of ultra black or grey rtv is all you need. no fancy gasket or seal for the bearing housing. then you can quickly inspect the bearing too.
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What year is the van and engine size? One of the things I do before installing a new/reman and seal. I would put the seal on the axle to make sure its a good fit. Then I would remove the old seal and install the new one, Then I would be careful to put the axle thru the new seal and push the axle in until I hear a click. Then I know the axle has locked into place. But if you have a lot of miles on the transmission and the axle has a lot up and down movement, because the diff bearings are failing. The axle seals will not last very long. The fix would be to replace the bearings and cups and both seals.
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What year is the van and engine size? One of the things I do before installing a new/reman and seal. I would put the seal on the axle to make sure its a good fit. Then I would remove the old seal and install the new one, Then I would be careful to put the axle thru the new seal and push the axle in until I hear a click. Then I know the axle has locked into place. But if you have a lot of miles on the transmission and the axle has a lot up and down movement, because the diff bearings are failing. The axle seals will not last very long. The fix would be to replace the bearings and cups and both seals.
its a 97 grand caravan with a 3.8 with about 178,000 miles. the seal fit perfect on the reman axle and i put it is no carefully that i dont think it touched the seal til it did click. ive taken this thing apart 3 times already and but it back together again. the last seal i put on lasted about 24 hours then started to leak and now it leaks like crazy its only been 2 days since i but it. im going broke
You will need to remove the rear diff cover and remove the diff to replace the bearings. No you don't need to remove the transmission, but you need to move the transmission as far forward as you can. There are some special tools you will need to remove the bearings and cups. And the bearings and cups are not the same size, so be careful.
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i was watching a tear down of the same tranny and the side im having the problem with(driver)is were the whole differential in the transmission is feldon by from what i saw. i havent found any exact diagrams or pictures any on this problem. another quick question what is this reddi sleeve that i see when i put in the part name on advance auto or autozone?
