Transmission Pan Gasket Leaking
Greetings,
I have a 2005 2500 Duramax and I've tacked down a transmission leak at the pan gasket. My choices to fix it: Take it back to the guy who serviced the transmission 15K ago... or replace the gasket myself.
I'm pretty handy but I've never touched a transmission pan. Is it as easy as it seems? Drain oil... drop pan... replace gasket? Is there something I'm missing?
I know this is such an easy rookie question... I'm just looking for responses like: Don't Do IT!... you might do... this... and break that.... Or.... yes... it is that easy.
Thanks in advance.
Richard
Assuming that it is found to be the pan gasket
Take your time with dropping the pan as it will start to hang when the bolts are loosened. You can do it numerous ways, but essentially you need 3 bolts to keep it from dropping and then you can spin these 3 out while holding upward.
Look for simple grit in the gasket bewteen the ribs. Also check that the gasket is OE and not some cheap aftermarket cork piece of crap. The OE gasket is a rigid, ribbed, rubberized piece with grommets where the bolts go through.