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Bought a cheap Craftsman mower years ago ohv briggs- should have paid the extra $100 for the Honda power. What a pos, I figured it LOOKS like a Honda I'll take a chance.

Nah- GM cheaped out on the pump shaft somehow. Maybe a sharp machined edge or something. Lots of other hydroboost applications with no problems.

Hydroboost, power steering, maybe a metric design change for the pump. Back then GM used a big parts bin- the Sag PS pumps were common accross the lineup but you didn't hear about breakage on other models. I don't know- but of all the pump failures, I thought it was unusual.

Yes

Common on the old Astro vans.

Maybe this is the future with new generation engineers.....

Work truck 2019 5.3L 265K km 10k service intervals, I ask for 5-30 oil now....other than a coil pack and two sets of plugs and wires- never an issue with lifters. Just the pos trans.

So did mine- except it took months for that to happen. 3500 dually which helps him make a living.

Well think about a rebuilt 4L60E at $2k compared to my $7k 6L80....plus $4.5k electronic transfer case.....yah thats GM moving forward. Is that sensical enough? At the end of the day it's just a work truck.

Just get a tested spare ecu and fix when oe goes out- which may be never.

This....

Pure neglect- that doesn't happen instantly.

Whether its an oversight or cutting corners- $$ for gm and lost customers. With a newish vehicle and wanting to go on a road trip- what do you do,,,,,

I have been fortunate to drive a nicely built 4L60E, unfortunately it magnifies the faults of lesser trans. My 6L90 was rebuilt and has not been 'right' ever since. Or it may just need a good tune from someone other than oem.

I drive a work truck with the last edition LS 4.3L it's just ok- but too buzzy for me, my other truck has the 5.3L very nice.....both transmission suck tho 6L90. A six from Japan or europe- no problem, especially the 2JZ.

I know that......not my favorite engine.

Perfect with a nice 4.8L

I like EBC and Hawk oe, I would throw Toyota at it.

Still rocking a 1990 4runner 4x4 stock hieght- had to throw a turbo on it for some decent power, but like the size.

I know this is an oil forum..... I called eaton years ago about using synthetics and they gave me the same answer. I run these in chevies and toy's and use the oil spec from the truck co. As long as the diff isn't making noise, no debris in diff and service is regular- with a quality synthetic...