Can I add a related question?
Over the years Ive seen different # of turns out from 72 in/lb.
What determines which front band lever was used for different application (such as car or truck, or how heavy of truck, or 2wd vs 4wd, or 904 behind a /6 vs hemi 727, grandma car vs police/taxi/trailer tow package) etc
Or was it "all cars from a given year" thing?
I last did a 46 RE from my Durango and it originally had a 2.5 of which I never knew existed before being inside of that particular trans.
Someone here sent me a 3.8 lever which is what's in there now.
I currently have an a 500 apart that was in out of a 91 Dakota that had a 318 in it and it came with a 3.8 lever.
It's not going back in that Dakota.
Is there a chart somewhere that tells "how many turns out" based on what lever is used?
I know that if you've never been inside "your" particular transmission you probably don't know what lever you have.
I know that I adjusted the bands while the trans was on the bench, and right to spec for an 01 Durango with 46RE. But when I air checked everything before I put the valve body back in the front servo/lever moved ALOT farther to compress the band then the rear one did whe I air tested that band.
I didn't like how far the servo had to move for my front band on the 46RE, I'm a little worried about the band strut being able to fall out... I was thinking of loosening the adjuster lock nut and tightening the band adjuster somewhere between 1/4-1/2 turn. It seems to drive fine, but that clearance is just gonna grow as the band wears /although the friction material isn't that thick to begin with...
All that said I did replace both of the original servos with the superior (brand) super servo's on that 46RE.
I'm waiting on a couple more things in the a500 I'm currently working on before reassembling that one.
