- Joined
- Dec 25, 2002
- Location
- mont, AL
Alright, nothing like putting a weekend's worth of work off for 3 months (been too busy honestly).
washed the car and yanked the trans this weekend (also replaced the brake lines in the back, need to do a full flush and bleed now).
took the 400 apart, nothing overly crazy. spirolock on the direct drum was broken, and that allowed the sprag race to float around a bit (but not off). some light surface scarring where the piece floated around, but that was about it.
had some initial bad thoughts when the last little bit of oil drained out of the transmission and it was shiny... but after looking at the clutch packs it seems it was just some of the initial clutch dust (the gm high energy clutches have what looks like metal flakes in em). the steels all looked brand new and I mean *brand new*, so there was no sign of anything slipping. the gears in the planetaries all felt nice and tight, I actually expected there to be some damage back there, but I reckon not. All in all, pretty anti-climactic.
Still gonna give it the beans I reckon, or maybe jump to a glide (cost/benefit/etc), I want a clean neutral, a drum that won't explode, trans brake, and a dump valve setup. will probably upgrade the driveshaft this time around as well, the theme of this year is likely to be safety focused with some power fun along the way I reckon. as the shop comes together, so too shall work commence on the replacement shell, I've started to settle in on the stuff, generally for me that's the hardest part.
washed the car and yanked the trans this weekend (also replaced the brake lines in the back, need to do a full flush and bleed now).
took the 400 apart, nothing overly crazy. spirolock on the direct drum was broken, and that allowed the sprag race to float around a bit (but not off). some light surface scarring where the piece floated around, but that was about it.
had some initial bad thoughts when the last little bit of oil drained out of the transmission and it was shiny... but after looking at the clutch packs it seems it was just some of the initial clutch dust (the gm high energy clutches have what looks like metal flakes in em). the steels all looked brand new and I mean *brand new*, so there was no sign of anything slipping. the gears in the planetaries all felt nice and tight, I actually expected there to be some damage back there, but I reckon not. All in all, pretty anti-climactic.
Still gonna give it the beans I reckon, or maybe jump to a glide (cost/benefit/etc), I want a clean neutral, a drum that won't explode, trans brake, and a dump valve setup. will probably upgrade the driveshaft this time around as well, the theme of this year is likely to be safety focused with some power fun along the way I reckon. as the shop comes together, so too shall work commence on the replacement shell, I've started to settle in on the stuff, generally for me that's the hardest part.