It was a large flow, not a spray, so that sounds encouraging. I finally got the gearbox out earlier today and took a quick look at the seal area, but there was nothing obvious to be seen from the outside. I'm assuming just the top and bottom covers have to be removed to replace the input and output seals, right?

I'm debating at this point whether to just replace the seals or put in a rebuilt box. This one has 144k miles on it and seemed to feel ok before the leak. There was very little, if any, perceptible play in the straight ahead position and some play at the extremes, but that doesn't really matter. My concern is whether a box with this mileage on it still has a long service life ahead of it with new seals installed, or whether I might end up with other problems in the next year or two. Conversely, I don't know if a rebuilt unit might have more mileage, and consequently more wear, on some of the critical internal parts.

Does anybody know with any certainty what actually gets replaced on these remanufactured units as a matter of course, besides seals and o-rings, of course, and what wearing parts may get left in?

Anyone have long term first-hand experience with a remanufactured gearbox? Or has anyone ever got one that was worse than the one you replaced in terms of steering feel or play?

Do they generally have useful warranty? How long?

Thanks,

Gary