This is strange!

Ok my transmission decided it didn't want to live anymore and destroyed itself. I have since rebuilt the transmission, with a donor case. But one thing that puzzles me, is that I found this in the oil pan. The problem is, no part on the whole transmission has this type of part. It looks like a needle bearing, but is too big to be any one of the needle bearings in the transmission, and the roller bearings all were good too.. Anyone have an Idea on how this may have gotten into the transmission.


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In case anyone was wondering what the cause of the transmission fail was.

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From the looks of it, the wavy spring that goes between the inner and outer drum. It broke, and i guess stuck out a bit, then decided to just rip it all up. On a good note, I still made it home!

Very interesting for sure. Thanks for the follow up post !