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Originally Posted by cooljjay
I just did this on my 78, the nut had backed off...causing the yoke/flange to come off thus the trans stop working. There is no bearing that needs replacing just the seal. You also don't want to reuse the nut. Get a new one and then torque it down....chances are you will have the older slot nut needing a special socket.
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Thanks, coojjay - Luckily, my flange has not come off; have read some of the horror stories here regarding damage this can cause. In fact, it doesn't look like the nut has loosened at all. (Does this happen very gradually; ie, could it be almost imperceptible? !) And I do have the replacement nut.
What I'm missing, though, is what accounts for the up/down, right/left
slop in the output shaft? Surely will replace the seal - but if there's no bearing under it, what effect will tightening the yoke nut have on this play?
Further luck: I have the 12 pt (30mm?) nut on there, not the freaky slotted one. Project for the fall...