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Old 10-25-2015, 07:00 PM
300dmichael 300dmichael is offline
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Originally Posted by TopKnot View Post
If you look at the shaft splines you can see the spline profile has been worn on both sides of the spline teeth eventually leaving only a shortened triangle in the place that originally was a splined tooth wide enough that a flat once existed at its outermost OD. That flat is missing and the shaft splines are now peaked, thinner and shorter.
You are right..here is a picture of my tranny during the complete tear down..

The splines are flat on top..this is 400k plus miles on it..Why didn't mine do this wear problem??
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