Inspection of a 904 torqueflite

One thing I just found out.

Alabama bands does not have a website anymore.
They do however still reline and sell bands directly
They have a phone number you can call.

The prices of the bands were much lower than what else I found.
I got 4 bands for the price of one
Reverse double wrap was $5 with red lining or a lining of your choice
The other two were like $3.75

Shipping....I don’t know yet.

I looked at the kickdown band for the a999
It was a Raybestos made in 2014 and is a flex band. The quality seems ok. The 904 more narrow band is a factory band and is rigid. It has cast lugs and seems much higher quality

Did the 999 or 500 come out with rigid bands from the factory?
I would have had it relined if it did. I will have the 904 relined if they don’t have an exact replacement.

I’ve decided to rebuild the 904 and refresh the 999 at the same time.

What place sells rigid kickdown bands for the 999.
I saw one possibly from tci but it was like $50.

I did go ahead and get the Sonnax billet reverse servo. The piston and whatever that thing is that activates it. I will be using the original sealing rings.

If you all see any red flags let me know. I’m not replacing any of the cast sealing rings on any of these transmissions. They seem ok. I think if the 904 sealing rings were bad or worn it would have more wear in the output shaft support.

As far as the 999 output shaft support. That could have been from before it was rebuilt and caused by whatever reason it was rebuilt. That supports will be replaced. I think the governor housing play might have caused that. It’s .010 more than the 904 that had no wear.
The spec is like .004 on the low end....so these things can be tight.

I’d like to find selective snap rings to tighten some of this up. So far I have not found one set from A&A....

One thing of note......
The forward clutch splines of the 999 match the forward clutch splines of the 904. I thought the 999 forward clutch splines were longer.

So either these are both the longer ones....or they are both the shorter ones