In many cases performance and driveability are somewhat of a trade off. Story is: Bought the car at auction rear-ended for the front clip for his son's front-wrecked car. Well I finished my 4T65E rebuild of my Pontiac and it shifts fine. That means there is something wrong. After I get new piston seals out of an Overhaul kit, I'll probably swap this unit in it's entirety into the current trans and swap in the current trans' unit with Thrasher shift kit already installed. It alerts the driver by activating a warning light on the. So I pried off their sealing rings and membranes: I found there was trans fluid behind the membranes.
Posted by Jason on 27th Feb 2016 Received my valve body two days ago. If a high performance engine makes power at a higher rpm, then a higher stall speed torque converter is what you need to put more power to the ground quicker. Get that new transmission feel back!!!! This is '97 to '98 style pump, based on my research. Looked real good inside but I am replacing everything from seals to solenoids to steels. I've now inspected everything I can at least until the sprag retaining ring arrives. Fri May 02, 2008 After Input and Reaction Carrier, Reaction Sun Gear, Manual 2-1 Band, 1-2 Support Drum and Forward Band removal: I inspected the Parking Link: And differential Ring Gear: Inside the case.
Some contact cleaner: And replace the membranes and these switches are now as fast as the normally open switches. If your answer is yes to any of such scenario concludes that you have a bad valve body. Good luck with your effort. This can sometimes be a difficult question to give a general answer to. Turbine Shaft looks fine and will be reused: A look at the 1-2, 2-3 and Manual 2-1 Accumulator parts: Everything in order there. The Master kit will have new Borg Warner 3rd clutches.
Thanks for the advice and for putting up such an awesome post. More evidence that the original owner of this tranny liked to punch it. Don't Lose the Check Valve Balls!!!!! If you have never been inside a transmission before I would advise taking it to a professional. The 4T60-E ceased production after 1999 model year. Further, the valves use the pressure of hydraulic signals, determining the gear set, also known as servo. A week later , I wanted to drive out and discovered the car could hardly move when in drive and reverse, the movement was very slow and this made it undrivable so I had to leave it. In any case, they do not need to be reinstalled.
I had butterfingers and my vanes all fell out. Last edited by on Tue Jun 03, 2008 4:06 pm, edited 1 time in total. The new chains clear the case by 0. Wear marks on the outside of the Support versus some case protrusions told me exactly how to rotate the Support into it's original orientation. Are there any other upgrades that I should consider when installing a new torque converter? Instructions were easy to follow.
Pump shaft sleeve looks good. Your tutorials and instructions were excellent. Posted by on Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013 Themade by General Motors. This is apparently pretty common on factory 4th clutches. Dec 03, 2011 Those are valve body check balls and they must be put back in the proper place for the transmission to function properly. Would using the same pump and having the vanes not in the original location be a problem? Each kit is a comprehensive reconditioning package featuring the best Sonnax products developed to help rebuilders restore and enhance transmission performance. In order to shop on this Web store, you must have JavaScript enabled.
Because of this, you encounter the same issue mentioned above about the different gear ratios. Now I have to take these assemblies to the lab and function-test the reinstalled piston and lip seals with compressed air to make sure all are properly installed. One word of warning; if the diffy is not installed right typically due to one of the bushings or bearings not seated right , the extension housing will not fully seat into the case, and torquing down it's retaining bolts under that circumstance will crack the housing. Posted by Rick Williams on 9th Dec 2015 I recieved my 4l60e valve body a few weeks ago. Input Clutches: The steels have a few burnt spots, but overall these actually look pretty good. Once this starts happening, the gears will not function properly, thus degrading the performance of the vehicle.
As far as overall strength of each of the transmissions discussed in this article is concerned, all three are similar. It allows the flow of hydraulic fluid to different valves to direct the right clutch and switch the gear appropriately according to the driving situation. Valve body comes with new valve body gaskets and instructions. After the torque converter swap, we couldn't believe the amount of tire spin. Gasket in great shape after cleaning, and can be reused.
Aside from that, the 4T65-E looks very similar to the 4T60-E and is also very similar, mechanically, to the 4T60-E. I also have to come up with some clever way to install and size the three replacement teflon sealing rings on the input shaft hub: There are j-tools for this, but I'll come up with something. It's nice to have my 4th gear back also. The 440-T4 was available with the following differential ratios: 2. The most important part of the valve body is the manual valve.
Oil filter: No alarms; see previous post s. I will credit that to my awesome cardboard box and ziploc bag organizational system. If you would like to sign up for my premium services, I will be happy to get them to you. . Sure Cure components are the same Sonnax parts sold individually to resolve common valve body complaints as well as other transmission problems. In order to shop on this Web store, you must have cookies enabled.