Quote: when you took off the bearing retainer did you change the internal seal ? Was the seal surface on the input shaft good ?
Holy crap, if it hasn't been used in 3 years and its leaking from the input shaft you have WAY too much fluid in it. It would be pouring out the tail end too !!!
And as for that cluster shaft being "thinner" in the OD case, I "could" be wrong but I seriously doubt it. Yes, it is shorter than an iron case shaft however from a manufacturing standpoint it would make no sense to add a machining step to make the shaft thinner when all they had to do was make the hole in the case bigger. Can Passon's or Brewers shed some light on this?
