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I'll jump back in here and ask a couple stupid questions:

1) Do you have to pull transmission from the car to pull the tail-shaft?
2) If you did cut off that ear that holds the pin in, would the pin slide out so you could replace the O-ring?

If the answer to both the above is yes, then I could see the benefit to trimming the ear, and then adding a bracket to the bolt to hold the pin in.

Wouldn't this be an easy fix for us shade-tree mechanics would don't want to pull the whole tranny?



1) No, you would not have to pull the transmission to remove tailshaft. You can also cut dog leg off w/o removing tailshaft. Metal is very easy to cut with hacksaw blade.

2) Yes, once the dog leg is removed, the pin will slide out far enough to remove old o ring and install new o ring. I would not slide pin out any farther than pan rail lip of tranny. I will post pics of what I substituted to hold pin in.