My input gear woes continue.

I almost missed something. There was a seal cap installed in the center shaft of the input gear. Luckily I noticed and removed it and reinstalled it in the new gear. If I'm not mistaken, I would have leaked a lot of oil out the splines where the transfer case connects to the transmission adapter.



But this sucks! The bearing stop on the new input gear goes too far up. Even with the bearing installed and the thickest possible snap ring in the groove, there's still about a millimeter gap between the bearing and the ridge where the bearing is supposed to rest. New one on the left.



Here you can see the gap better.



In fact, the gap is a bit larger than that, because there's a slight gap between the bearing and the snap ring. The bearing is installed too far.



I guess I have to get a machine shop to make a spacer. Project on hold for awhile.

Not necessarily a bad thing, because it may take some time to remove that armored gasket sealer Mitsu used on the chain cover. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/scared.gif" alt="" />