Help!!

[justins81213]

Awhile back I posted a thread about my truck having a hard shift on 2-3. I got a couple responses and decided to go with one. Today I was going to replace my valve body with a shift kit valve body. So I unbolted my pan and let some fluid out and then removed it. When I went through my pan I found half a piece of something. The piece is brass and not very big. Any idea what it may be? My truck is a 2006 Ford ranger sport 2wd 3.0. automatic the trans is a 5r44e and pictures are attached of what I found. Any help would be great!

 

[RonD]

Could be half of a pinion washer, seen here: https://www.sonnax.com/parts/3800-pinion-washer

The angles at top and bottom edges look to be made that way

 

[Transman304]

@RonD is correct that it is a pinion thrust washer. More than likely from the OD planets. Very common on these units. If you continue to drive it will lead to failure taking a lot of other parts with it. May have minimal damage at this point.

 

[justins81213]

Truck has 150k on it an I going to need a rebuild or replacement? If it's starting to fail internally I'm assuming other pieces will break also?

 

[Transman304]

At this point it looks to be able to be rebuilt. But it will get worse if continued driving. Always go with a salvaged transmission or remanufactured.