While changing my oil the other day I noticed some fluid all over the bottom of my tranny...I was thinking that this is it, Im fucked now. We'll after searching around I seamed that I was leaking tranny fluid from my left output shaft (Pic B). I purchased the seal and S/O tranny fluid and was ready to replace it...well right before we tore everything apart we noticed that this fluid is coming from higher grounds (Pic A) and just running down onto my left output shaft. Now I have no idea on what this part is really called in Pic A, you can see where the fluid was coming from (I cleaned it off before the pic) and how bad this could be. HELP. Can anyone send me the GM pdf file for the F35 tranny?

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Thought I was leaking from left output shaft seal (B), was wrong and its coming from where the shifter meets with the tranny (A). HELP.

Anyone has this problem before?
How bad is this?
How hard is it to fix?

Pic A


Pic B

 

That looks like your shifter linkage...? Maybe the seal under that is leaking?

 

Can I fix that without pulling the tranny? ...like just remove some things above and pop it out and put in a new seal?

Or what I mean is, what is the best way to fix this?

 

Can't help you there, sorry

 

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Nobody's ever seen this?

 

If the seal for the drive shaft was leaking enough the drive shaft could of sprayed it up there.
I would wait a day and take another look to see if thats the case.

Ive had that drive shaft seal replaced already.

 

I've been checking it and it's not the output shaft seal. I was told most mechanics would replace the shaft seal (output shaft seal) thinking it was the source of the leak, but after cleaning it off and checking it a few times over a period of a week or so I noticed the fluid was coming from higher ground.

The top pic isnt as dirty because I had already clean most of the fluid off before I snapped the pic.

 

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From my experiance with leaks is. General rules of thumbs to go by. Follow the leak up to it's highest point. 9/10 times THAT is where the leak is comming from. Work your way down with repairs. I dont know what it would take to replace whatever seal may be leaking by your lever. But also, lookup to see if anything is tripping onto it from above.
-Jonathan

 

It might be covered under powertrain warranty if u are still within the miles.

 

see if your transmission has been overfilled

had a similar issue actually and it hasn't returned since putting the fluid to the proper level

 

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