Winter transmission builds
Meant to post photos earlier this week. We finished up this powerglide on Sunday before moving into my buddies 727 who I build with.
The glide needed new FTI pump gears
New FTI loaded drum with billet hub and 6 clutch setup
New Kevlar band
New wedding band
Planetary needles pins and thrust washers for 1.80 straight cut set from trans specialties
New sun gear thrust bearing
New reverse clutches and steels
New rooster comb
New Teflon sealing rings
New gaskets and rubber kit
And it got a brand new BTE case as the guy sold his Dedenbear SFI case because it had a Chevy bell housing and he runs a SBF.
As I said in previous post, when we tore this trans down months ago, it was smoked. Saw a lot of heat from burnout competitions which led to all these parts needing replaced rather than just a standard overhaul kit.
Didn’t get any pics of the 727 on the tear down. But when I go over to finish it next week, I’ll take some photos. The bushing in the front pump stator backed out and buried itself in the input hub. Took up almost all end play, and restricted the fluid that feeds the rear clutch (forward gears clutch). This burnt the rear clutches. Car was parked after we found a lifter failure earlier this past season. Had no signs of the transmission giving issues. But since it was out, I said let’s go through it because why not. Good thing we did. How does the bushing back out? No clue. But it sure did. And good thing we caught it before re assembling the whole car just to take the trans back out from issues we would have found out the hard way.
Meant to post photos earlier this week. We finished up this powerglide on Sunday before moving into my buddies 727 who I build with.
The glide needed new FTI pump gears
New FTI loaded drum with billet hub and 6 clutch setup
New Kevlar band
New wedding band
Planetary needles pins and thrust washers for 1.80 straight cut set from trans specialties
New sun gear thrust bearing
New reverse clutches and steels
New rooster comb
New Teflon sealing rings
New gaskets and rubber kit
And it got a brand new BTE case as the guy sold his Dedenbear SFI case because it had a Chevy bell housing and he runs a SBF.
As I said in previous post, when we tore this trans down months ago, it was smoked. Saw a lot of heat from burnout competitions which led to all these parts needing replaced rather than just a standard overhaul kit.
Didn’t get any pics of the 727 on the tear down. But when I go over to finish it next week, I’ll take some photos. The bushing in the front pump stator backed out and buried itself in the input hub. Took up almost all end play, and restricted the fluid that feeds the rear clutch (forward gears clutch). This burnt the rear clutches. Car was parked after we found a lifter failure earlier this past season. Had no signs of the transmission giving issues. But since it was out, I said let’s go through it because why not. Good thing we did. How does the bushing back out? No clue. But it sure did. And good thing we caught it before re assembling the whole car just to take the trans back out from issues we would have found out the hard way.
