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Old 04-24-2015 | 12:02 AM
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Default Are all triple clutch converters so violent the entire vehicle shudders?

I have a 2000 RCsb 4l80e converted truck and I'm running a Fti triple clutch converter and every time I hit 42-45 my truck goes into lockup and my entire truck shudders. Is everyone's triple clutch converter lockup really this violent?
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Shouldnt shudder, should just feel like a firm shift.
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^^^ my yank locks at 40mph and it feels like a firm shift also.
Sounds like something is wrong with the converter
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Don't get me wrong my PI triple disk locks hard but the trans was built and tuned to do this also.
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It can shudder... Mine is very firm. Doesn't have to be though.

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You shouldn't have converter shudder.
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Not converter shudder... But the whole truck can bang aroind pretty hard if you have the pressure jacked up all the way. The converter lock is harder than my shifts.
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Just to clarify does the converter lock seem to pulse and shudder or are you simply referring to the converter locking so hard and quick it shakes the truck around?
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Mine locks so hard the belts chirp.. Because racetruck
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Originally Posted by lsxperfomance
Mine locks so hard the belts chirp.. Because racetruck
Mine used to when I was still 6 rib. Not now.



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