What is a tail shaft seal?

Answer 1

gasket that keeps oil i the transmission. costs alot to fix. the trans or motor must come out to get at it. good luck

Answer 2

Larry is correct. The tail shaft seal is at the rear of the transmission and seals against the drive shaft as it enters the transmission. In most cases in a rear wheel drive vehicle it can easily be replaced by removing the drive shaft and prying out the old seal and installing a new one.
Now would be a great time to check out those "u" joints on the drive shaft as well to make sure that they did not contribute to the problem in the first place.

Answer 3

This question is a little vague. the tail shaft seal might be the paper seal that is between the main body of the trans and the tail shaft housing. But I think your talking about the rear transmission seal, which is a rubber type round seal that seals the transmission to the drive line yoke. to change it you simply pull the drive line and pop the seal out with seal puller or screwdriver and tap in a new one. the tail housing gasket is a little more tricky and should be done by a mechanic or someone experienced.

Answer 4

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What is a tail shaft seal?

Answer 5

It is the seal on the tail shaft of the automobile transmition. If you are replacing this there is also a bushing that should be replaced. Of the transmition is leaking it does not neccessarily mean that it is the rear seal. It could be coming from the front seal pan gasket or anything in front of it. It just may appear to be the leak coming from the rear of the transmition because of the wind going down the road pushing the oil leaking from the front to the back. If it leaks sitting still wipe everything under the transmition and park with the front of the car facing down hill. Then look and see if it still leaks.

Answer 6

The tail shaft seal is located at the driveshaft end of the transmission on a rear wheel drive vehicle.The driveshaft must be removed,the old seal removed,and a new seal installed.On most vehicles it is a1/2 to 1 hour job.The seal is inexpensive,and the job is relatively easy.On a front wheel drive,it is called an axle seal,though it performs the same function,the job is much more labor intensive.

Answer 7

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It's easy to do. Pull the u-joint bolts off the rear end and slide the driveshaft out of the trans. Pull the seal out, usually a screwdriver will pop it out pretty easy. Drive the new seal in with a soft face hammer or a block of wood and a regular hammer. Just make sure it goes in even all the way around. The seal itself is probably $5-$10.

Answer 8

tail shaft seal is the seal that the driveshaft goes through when it is inserted into the transmission and keeps the transmission fluid from coming out. Depending on what car it is it can be an easy job to replace or a hard job to replace.

Answer 9

Suppose it what it says prob referring to shaft on boat propeller to stop the water comming back in or shaft driven bike seal to gearbox.Basiclly a seal on a shaft which will stop whatever getting in or whatever getting out.Car gear box.

Answer 10

It is a seal at the shaft of the tail... on the rear!

Answer 11

It's the seal on the rear of the transmission where the drive shaft goes into the transmission.