What's this in my tranny pan?

[davew833]

It's half price weekend at the you-pull yard near me. I scouted out a '92 Legacy SS with a used tranny I wanted. Car was bashed in on the side which is probably why it was there. Fluid was nice & red. Inside the car I found a receipt for labor to replace a transmission, and the tranny itself had a rebuilder's tag on it. Woot! I thought- rebuilt transmission for $50! I dropped the pan just to double check before I pulled the tranny and this broken piece of something was inside-- does anybody recognize it? It looks to have been a flat ring about 3" in diameter by 3/8" wide by 1/32" deep at one time and is not metallic. Hard to replace? Tranny project is on 'hold' 'til I figure it out.

I can't figure out how to post a picture but here's a link.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... a182119a64

[robertpaige]

Maybe looks like some kinda gasket. Hell for $50 i'd still take it. I bet even if the tranny was bad, some of those gears can be sold off to people who need to rebuild theirs that blew up.

[Legacy777]

Is it hard or flexible? If it's hard, I'd guess that it may be friction material for one of the clutch plates.

[davew833]

It's flexible to a point, then it snaps.

[Legacy777]

If I had to guess I'd say it's clutch disc friction material. I think a gasket would be more flexible....

[davew833]

For those of you following this thread a couple of members over on USMB identified it as the plastic thrust washer for the reverse drum.

[Legacy777]

Interesting....did they say what impact it may have on the transmission since it's no longer there?

[davew833]

Here's a link to the discussion thread over on USMB.

http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/top ... ranny-pan/

The consensus was that I *could* run it that way, but it's fairly easy to replace so it would definitely be better to do so.

[Legacy777]

Ok, thanks for posting the link.