Transmission governor housing and rear output shaft questions

Jeff Blake

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May 6, 2016
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Pacific Beach, San Diego
Today didn't go so well, broke off a bolt that mates the transfer case to transmission. Spent 6 hours trying to extract it... just made it worse

Thankfully Paul Grant hooked me up with a used governor housing. I have a few questions...

1) Would you use RTV instead of the gasket? I'd have to order a gasket across the pond and I really don't want to wait that long. However, I don't want to have a leaking transmission either

2) Rear output shaft play. Is there supposed to be any? I have about 2-3mm diameter of play all the way around. See video: https://youtu.be/k2i7c0y8Xsw

3) Anything else I should service in the governor while I'm at it?

2002 D2