{"id":37244,"date":"2016-11-11T08:48:31","date_gmt":"2016-11-11T13:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/?p=37244"},"modified":"2016-11-11T08:48:31","modified_gmt":"2016-11-11T13:48:31","slug":"transmission-seal-1997-ford-ranger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2016\/11\/transmission-seal-1997-ford-ranger","title":{"rendered":"Transmission Seal 1997 Ford Ranger"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"FordWhat would cause the rear transmission<\/a> seal to blow?<\/p>\n

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RESPONSE<\/p>\n

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  1. Age of the seal – old seal tend to dry out and rot and sometimes just wear out<\/li>\n
  2. Clogged vent on top of transmission<\/li>\n
  3. Overfill transmission fluid<\/li>\n
  4. Worn internal bearings in transmission<\/li>\n
  5. Worn out put shaft yoke<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Rear Transmission Seal Replacement<\/h3>\n
    SPECIAL SERVICE TOOL(S) REQUIRED<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
    Description<\/th>\nTool Number<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
    Seal<\/span> Remover<\/td>\nT74P-77248-A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Impact Slide Hammer<\/td>\nT50T-100-A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Extension Housing Seal<\/span> Replacer<\/td>\nT61L-7657-A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

     <\/p>\n

    Removal <\/b><\/p>\n

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    1. Raise the vehicle on a hoist and position suitable safety stands under vehicle.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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      1. Remove the rear driveshaft.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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        1. Use Seal<\/span> Remover T74P-77248-A and Impact Slide Hammer T50T-100-A to remove the yoke to flange seal<\/span> (7B215) for the rear output shaft from the transfer case. Discard the yoke to flange seal<\/span>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          \"rear<\/p>\n

          Installation <\/b><\/p>\n

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          1. Lubricate the yoke to flange seal<\/span> with Motorcraft MERCON\u00ae Multi-Purpose Automatic Transmission<\/span> Fluid XT-2-QDX or equivalent MERCON\u00ae fluid.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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            1. NOTE: In the following step, install the yoke to flange seal<\/span> so that the hole in the bottom of the yoke to flange seal<\/span> is at the six o’clock position. <\/b><\/b>Use Extension Housing Seal<\/span> Replacer T61L-7657-A to install the rear yoke to flange seal<\/span> in the transfer case. Make sure the slot in the tool is installed over the tab on the yoke to flange seal<\/span>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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              1. Install the rear driveshaft.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                1. Remove safety stands and lower the vehicle.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                  \"seal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                  What would cause the rear transmission seal to blow? RESPONSE Age of the seal – old seal tend to dry out and rot and sometimes just wear out Clogged vent on top of transmission Overfill transmission fluid Worn internal bearings in transmission Worn out put shaft yoke Rear Transmission Seal Replacement SPECIAL SERVICE TOOL(S) REQUIRED… Read More »Transmission Seal 1997 Ford Ranger<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14074,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1],"tags":[434,11099,11101,11100],"class_list":["post-37244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ford","category-auto-repair-questions","tag-ranger","tag-rear-transmisison-seal","tag-rear-transmission-seal-replacement","tag-transmission-seal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14074"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37244\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}