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Message: [QUOTE="Dave_Nevada, post: 1498771, member: 29749"] [b]Input shaft 7.3 destroyed surface[/b] Someone put one of those El Cheapo 'band-aid' fixes on the input shaft. Well, as you can see, it's useless. The input shaft needle bearing obviously chewed up the input shaft even though this is a 'sleeve'. You have to ask yourself, how many times do I want to pull the trans and do this? Replace the input shaft and install a bronze solid bearing. Also, some fool loaded up the quill with some sort of grease, which is 100% unnecessary. I think whoever did this was simply desperate to make this thing quiet so they could sell it to some dude without them noticing. Problem was, I heard it as soon as I drove it. No problem, I knew what I was getting into. Got the truck with 114, 000 on the clock for $7500 cash. It needed the CPS sensor replaced (intermittent dying when you turn the wipers on), and this problem fixed. i milked it another 40,000 miles before it 'gave it up'. Even though I've spent a few thousand to keep her rolling, that's a crap ton less than a new truck. Besides, I literally have NO USE for a truck I can't go out in the sagebrush with, or a trip to the junkyard. A 'pretty truck' is just that. She's got bumps, bruises, and her paint is faded. So what? She gets 21 honest MPG when not towing, 19.5 MPG with a car trailer loaded. And she's paid for. No payments, NADA. She sports a nice new set of Michelin shoes, rides like a cloud, and I never worry about any fool stealing her. Life is good baby. [/QUOTE]