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Help Needed. Mechatronic Sleeve Shattered : | (Solved)
My question for the collective. How can I get that sleeve (what's left of it) out of the trans? It's broken off pretty much flush with the body of the trans now as I tried pulling with long needle nose and prying but of course the brittle plastic just continued breaking. Anyone have any secret voodoo I could try? I am not averse to dropping the exhaust for more room to work if it means avoiding dropping the valve body to try and attack from the inside. Thanks in advance for any assistance. BTW, for anyone wondering why I would use a Vaico sleeve... It came new along with 7 liters of ZF Lifeguard 6 I bought off Craigslist. Obviously I was after the fluid but figured I'd use the sleeve since I had it. Moron. Thought I had learned the non-OE/OES parts lesson already. Pics of the carnage:
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The pic I am looking at has a shadow, but it appears that it’s hollow or shall I say has an opening? Hard to tell, but if so, a tool that will expand inside that opening.
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It is hollow. It is supposed to look like this:
Can't really expand something in there as that will add more pressure to the O-rings and just add to their grip in the transmission. I was thinking of sticking something in between the sleeve and the trans hole to try and crack the sleeve so it will relieve pressure on the O-rings. The Vaico sleeve just isn't as well made as the ZF ones. I have ordered 2 ZF sleeves from FCP, but still have to get the remnants of the Vaico one out. Edit: This is what the sleeve looks like uninstalled. The one in my trans is broken just in front of that first large O-ring.
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Break it in two places, keeping debris minimal.
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Just one thought. Get a cheap flat head screwdriver. Warm the end till it's red glowing. Bend the end 90 degrees on a vice so you get a hook like pulling tool. While hot push it on the inside of the sleeve to melt pulling points on opposite sites. Cool down the tool and pull the sleeve out with it.
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I'm going to assume you pulled the sleeve release handle down before you are attempt to remove the sleeve. If you did not pull the handle down the sleeve is not going to come out, even with the handle down it is a tight fit. I would get a pick to pry the sleeve out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2g-5uY_P7uA
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Thanks for the suggestions. Not a lot of room to work with there, think I'll try heating the long screwdriver method first and see how that goes. Would be nice to not have to remove the exhaust. I will say this, I would not worry about a fluid leak past those O-rings.
upallnight, yes ,I did release the locking latch. The "funny" part was I got it almost all the way in but could not latch the mechatronics latch for the sleeve. So I pried a little more and then the sleeve broke. Just to rub salt in my would I tried the mechatronics latch. Of course it slid right up. HAHA! Good one universe, good one.
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You could also use some penetrating oil to lubricate the o rings so they would slide out more easily. |
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But before that, I'd do a test on a piece of the cracked off plastic to see if it is a thermoplast (will melt when heated) or thermoset (will maybe burn, but will not melt at all when heated). So obviously, if it's a thermoset and won't melt, then you'd rather figure that out on a scrap on the floor rather than while looking up, struggling, etc. Good luck.
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