AH HA moment! I think I found what the issue is. As I was examining the zf for removal tomorrow, I noticed the bolt that retains the speedo gear was missing. This most likely explains why the speedo stopped working a while ago I stuck a magnet down the opening and sure enough it's my speedo drive (I assume) that's rattling around in the trans. A couple questions regarding this...
Any possibility I can remove the sleeve and try to fish it out with a magnet, ill just assume no, so I'll go onto my next. Did anyone have any luck pulling this out but just removing the lower access panel on the ZF? Also, when installing a new one, does it simply slide in from the top and held in place with the retaining bolt, or does the gear and sleeve need to be inserted from inside the differential case?
thanks!
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