still getting hot with a trans cooler
12-07-2011 | 03:02 PM
#11
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That sucks. If it was just refreshed it'll still have warranty from PB... Still a major pain in the *** to take back out, send it in, get it back, and put it back in, not to mention the down time, and shipping costs.
Knock on wood, John (mangledGMC), is running a boosted 6.0 as a DD with a PBlvl2 and hasn't had any problems yet that I know of with it. There's no doubt in my mind that the heat/power is what killed it. These 60e's don't like high temps. My 40k cooler with regular driving last night (lots of hills) kept my trans at about 100*, with ambient temp at 14*.
Knock on wood, John (mangledGMC), is running a boosted 6.0 as a DD with a PBlvl2 and hasn't had any problems yet that I know of with it. There's no doubt in my mind that the heat/power is what killed it. These 60e's don't like high temps. My 40k cooler with regular driving last night (lots of hills) kept my trans at about 100*, with ambient temp at 14*.
In other words, if the transmission was removed some 500 miles ago and freshened up by PB, I am curious to know why it needed freshened up in the first place. Meaning, was it wounded and needed repair or was it preventative and was running okay but had seen lots of hard hits?
Point is, there could be an obstruction in the cooler lines, the converter clutch could be slipping, there could be debris in the output shaft that was missed during the rebuild that kept it from lubricating properly, the could have been a slipping forward clutch that would generate heat and so on.... meaning it's important at this point that a very detailed inspection of the transmission and it's cooling system needs to take place.
Good luck to the OP, sorry about your bad luck buddy.
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12-08-2011 | 06:12 PM
#12
I think the sun shell let go. There is no reverse, or od. I don't think it has second either. Last Sunday the caliper had a bolt back out and locked the tires up cruising in town. I think this might have had something to do with it. Any thoughts??
12-09-2011 | 09:30 PM
#14
I agree, I have seen a few people get wheel hop, or break/lock up their axles and cause transmission issues, but really the shell shouldn't break, the beast sunshell is thought of as unbreakable.. I have seen many forward sprags break during a rear end failure/issue
But yeah, the shell controls/allows 2nd/4th/reverse.
But yeah, the shell controls/allows 2nd/4th/reverse.
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