Question about peice i found in bellhousing while doing clutch install
Question about peice i found in bellhousing while doing clutch install
Today I halfway got through the install of my clutch, doing the other half tommorow, but when i took the transmission out, inside the bellhousing there was a little rubber o-ring laying in it that was about as big around as my pinky. Any idea what that may have came from??? It was cut in one section, but I could not find anywhere that it would have came from. 
Originally Posted by evo81
hmmm....not sure i can guess off the top of my head.how was the first of of the install? not bad,right?
yeah right...honestly it kinda sucks, not hard soo far..just some of the bolts and manuvering are pain in the butts. Tommorow is more aligning the tranny to go back on the splines....its right that at it, just doesnt want to slide on it, and bolting everything back up...hopefull i finish tommorow.
There is a small oring that goes between the t-case and the trans. It is about that size. Im just not sure how it would have gotten into the bellhousing. Look at the area where the tcase bolts to the trans and at the top there ia a recessed area for the o ring if its not there or on the trans thats probably it.
Originally Posted by 93civEJ1
yeah right...honestly it kinda sucks, not hard soo far..just some of the bolts and manuvering are pain in the butts. Tommorow is more aligning the tranny to go back on the splines....its right that at it, just doesnt want to slide on it, and bolting everything back up...hopefull i finish tommorow.
Originally Posted by speede72
There is a small oring that goes between the t-case and the trans. It is about that size. Im just not sure how it would have gotten into the bellhousing. Look at the area where the tcase bolts to the trans and at the top there ia a recessed area for the o ring if its not there or on the trans thats probably it.
you were exactly right, that was the one. It was broke in half, but by looking at it, is nothing that would be any problem if it was there or not. Seemed to be more of a cushion or something since the tranny and t-case do not share fluids and have no fluid exchange. Anyway , i just stuck it back up there the best I could.
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Originally Posted by speede72
if the o ring is broken get a new one. A faulty o ring an cause damage to the t case. For a couple cents probably I would definatly replace it. Just my 2 cents though
it was repaired with "the right stuff"
, really i could not see that it served that big of a purpose, but if you think its that big a deal ill gladly purchase a new o-ring and let you undo all of that stuff and pull the transfer case back out to replace it. 
Last edited by 93civEJ1; Mar 15, 2005 at 05:50 AM.
Originally Posted by 93civEJ1
you were exactly right, that was the one. It was broke in half, but by looking at it, is nothing that would be any problem if it was there or not. Seemed to be more of a cushion or something since the tranny and t-case do not share fluids and have no fluid exchange. Anyway , i just stuck it back up there the best I could.
- Steve
Originally Posted by SuperHatch
Umm, the Tranny and T-case DO share fluid!! The front differential in the TC is lubricated with tranny oil that is pumped out of the tranny into the front diff in the TC. The front diff is NOT lubricated by your TC oil. Make sure you get that sealed right!
- Steve
- Steve
yeah i guess that could be true. If that is the case, then that is a horrible design, that o-ring is a weak tiny little thing. I couldnt reach up on the t-case to get it put back in the t-case, but i did get it stick on the tranny side. Hopefully it stayed in placed while sliding the t-case back in position. I dont notice any leaks.
It's not that it "could" be true, it is true. Speak with Jon at TRE or any other drivetrain shop that knows the Evo drivetrain. Mitsu has been doing that since the Evo 4. The benefit of that design is that different oil types are used to lubricate different types of gears, the hypoid oil in the TC lubes the hypoid R&P gear in the TC while the tranny oil lubes the gears in the diff, better lubes to do the jobs they were designed for. Hope you don't have any issues, good luck! BTW, did you end up getting a new flywheel or reusing your stock one?
- Steve
- Steve
Originally Posted by SuperHatch
It's not that it "could" be true, it is true. Speak with Jon at TRE or any other drivetrain shop that knows the Evo drivetrain. Mitsu has been doing that since the Evo 4. The benefit of that design is that different oil types are used to lubricate different types of gears, the hypoid oil in the TC lubes the hypoid R&P gear in the TC while the tranny oil lubes the gears in the diff, better lubes to do the jobs they were designed for. Hope you don't have any issues, good luck! BTW, did you end up getting a new flywheel or reusing your stock one?
- Steve
- Steve
hey man, didnt say that it wasnt true, i guess i worded stuff wrong...lol but yup got another flywheel from here, and then got it resurfaced...
https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/sh...light=flywheel
Originally Posted by SuperHatch
Oh, good deal! Well have fun with the new clutch, with the way you babied your stock clutch you shouldn't ever have to replace this one.
- Steve
- Steve
i hope not...haha i dunno that i babied the stock one.
My car has seen its fair share of abuse. 
Just got a good clutch from the factory i guess. 
replaced it finally at 37K, it still woulda went a whole lot longer.
Well, maybe you didn't "baby" it, but at least you definately knew how to drive if it lasted to 37k miles. I replaced mine at 15k, but it was because a) got a great deal on the clutch b) wanted the syncro TSB's taken care of, and c) wanted my TC looked at to make sure everything was cool. I probably could have gotten 25k out of the stock clutch if I avoided the drag strip 