727 Build for Mid-10s

There was no way your forward clutch clearance was .045.
I can double check, but that's what I had last night when I put it back together the way it came apart (with all the old clutches and such).


John Cope talked about this in his video, but it was not clear.
This video explains it better.


Thanks. I've seen that video and assumed the excessive play in the assembly is what allowed the spring to contact the planetary assembly. I thought Cope's video explained it pretty clearly too. I'll most likely end up getting a thicker piston to tighten up that slop. It's odd that the older unit I have with the early belleville and thinner piston only has .025" slop, whereas the later unit I have with the later-style belleville and thicker piston has .048" slop. I guess production tolerances were all over the place.