My 2006 Toyota Sienna LE AWD has 203,000 miles. Yesterday I changed the passenger side ball joint. It fought me the whole way. I had to basically grind it out. Eventually, I got it replaced. I took it for a test ride and all was good for the first few hundred yards. After that, the tranny was completely slipping and there were very bad noises coming from that area. I put it in neutral (in retrospect, I should have shut it off to stop the transmission fluid pump) and was able to coast back to my driveway. I saw that I had leaked tranny fluid the entire route. When I jacked up the front end, I saw that the passenger side CV half shaft has pulled out from the transfer case/transmission by roughly 1-2 inches. All my fluid had escaped through this opening. During my man handling of the ball joint, I must have put too much outward pressure on the half shaft and caused it to come out. See photo:
Not sure how to proceed next. I am planning to remove the hub nut and take out the half shaft to inspect the inboard end for damage and to see if the circ-clip still is in place. If all looks good, I will try to re-insert the half shaft and refill the transmission fluid and see how it goes from there. I've got a few questions if anyone has experience with this issue.
1. Is the half shaft held in by circ-clips? Are they re-usable? How are they re-inserted into the transmission? On my old VW Golf, they just needed a little force to overcome the clip and lock in place. Same here?
2. Do you think I did major transmission damage in the 1/4 mile and 5 minutes that the vehicle was run? If the tranny is trashed, I might as well stop now.
3. How much transmission fluid should I add initially? I have no idea how much leaked out. I do know when I have performed drains and fills in the past, I got out a little more than 4 quarts.
Any other words of wisdom for me? I am a little bummed out right now. After having recently changed the front and rear shocks, drive shaft U joints, timing belt, radiator, etc., I was hoping to keep this vehicle running for another 1-2 years, but if I blew the tranny, it is probably time to say goodbye.
Thanks for any help that you can provide.
Not sure how to proceed next. I am planning to remove the hub nut and take out the half shaft to inspect the inboard end for damage and to see if the circ-clip still is in place. If all looks good, I will try to re-insert the half shaft and refill the transmission fluid and see how it goes from there. I've got a few questions if anyone has experience with this issue.
1. Is the half shaft held in by circ-clips? Are they re-usable? How are they re-inserted into the transmission? On my old VW Golf, they just needed a little force to overcome the clip and lock in place. Same here?
2. Do you think I did major transmission damage in the 1/4 mile and 5 minutes that the vehicle was run? If the tranny is trashed, I might as well stop now.
3. How much transmission fluid should I add initially? I have no idea how much leaked out. I do know when I have performed drains and fills in the past, I got out a little more than 4 quarts.
Any other words of wisdom for me? I am a little bummed out right now. After having recently changed the front and rear shocks, drive shaft U joints, timing belt, radiator, etc., I was hoping to keep this vehicle running for another 1-2 years, but if I blew the tranny, it is probably time to say goodbye.
Thanks for any help that you can provide.