Tool went too deep in the 727...

[SwedCharger67]

Greetings,

in the pics you can see that a tool has gone too deep into the inner end of the input shaft, and damaged something that I seem to remember looked like a ball (as in a ball bearing). In 727 drawings it's drawn as a round ball, but I haven't found anything explaining the eventual function of it.
This is the junction between the input shaft and the output shaft. In the mating end of the output shaft there is a hole that mates with ball shaped center in the input shaft.

The big question is...has the input shaft been damaged, or can I just ignore it?

 

[Greg Ducato]

That won't hurt anything, the ball seals off the fluid passage, as long as it is in place you are OK

 

[SwedCharger67]

That won't hurt anything, the ball seals off the fluid passage, as long as it is in place you are OK

Greg, many thanks for your reply. I had a closer look this morning and I think you are right. Another experienced friend also suspected that it wouldn't hurt anything.

Good stuff, now I can go on with the assembly! :VB toast: