MolaKule
Staff member
Originally Posted by nascarnation
These failures are due to a quality issue with the steel clutch wave plates which fatigue crack and cause the plate to separate into two halves and become dislodged and unable to work properly. To the best of my knowledge, this failure is only dependent on number of times the pack has been activated. No relation to amount of torque applied or lubricant. When the parts are mfg correctly, no issue exists, so your re-man should be fine.
Just as an fyi, my daughter worked for a transmission shop and she said those specific stock transmissions in this specific vehicle seem to automatically drop dead between 75k and 100k miles.
These failures are due to a quality issue with the steel clutch wave plates which fatigue crack and cause the plate to separate into two halves and become dislodged and unable to work properly. To the best of my knowledge, this failure is only dependent on number of times the pack has been activated. No relation to amount of torque applied or lubricant. When the parts are mfg correctly, no issue exists, so your re-man should be fine.
Just as an fyi, my daughter worked for a transmission shop and she said those specific stock transmissions in this specific vehicle seem to automatically drop dead between 75k and 100k miles.
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