4 speed leaking rear seal??
Should the boot ride the yoke a little bit ?
I don't understand;
the yoke should extend into the trans some 5 inches, so yes the boot will ride the yoke, and should be a light friction fit to it, always keeping the yoke clean for about 3/4 inch behind it, as the moving rear suspension pumps the D/S back and forth thru the boot.
If you kept her square, and didn't pound on it, then the seal carrier will be fine.
However it occurs to me that you might not know that there are two sizes of seals and yokes.One for the 727 sized yoke and another for the 904 sized yokes.
I didn't think you could mix them up but I think this is what your questions are steering me towards.
The A-body transmissions come in two flavors one with the 904 sized M/S and the other with the larger 727 sized M/S. So if you installed the 727 sized seal, on the 904 size yoke, then the boot would NOT ride on the yoke, and there would be a bigb space for the oil to pour out on take off, between the yoke and the large seal.
So?
The small-shaft A833 is known as the slantybox. The large-shaft is what you should have for a 340/360.AFAIK the shafts interchange, except the OD box is also a small-shaft box. I have swapped several examples of all the shafts around, as I needed them.
When you said the boot was OFF the yoke, I thought off the back unmachined part. I didn't catch that you mighta meant off the sealing surface, So
Sorry for my thick-headedness.
