Reusing flexpplate?
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Car: 92 Z28
Engine: Ramjet 350
Transmission: T-56
Axle/Gears: 3.23 Torsen
Reusing flexpplate?
Just rebuilt a 700r4 for my v6. After almost 5 years my og trans gave out. Had a small leak and was kinda slipping, but still ran. Finally it just started to pour out fluid. Barely made it home and parked it. So I removed trans and dug into it to see the damage. I had pictures but my phone broke. Anyways. 3-4 clutches were toast, Broken input sprag were the snap ring goes, 3-4 clutches with sheared off teeth. Input drum was all scraped up. Input drum return spring was destroyed with pieces of spring all over the place. Top piston had ripped seal.Cant find the input sprag snap ring. Pump bushing was worn towards the 4-5 position if looking at transmission pump from the front. When the fluid started pouring out it was still running good and still had fluid but was losing fast, shifts wee getting softer. Then I started to feel like a wobble barely noticeable but any little thing wrong with our cars we notice right. Made it to my backyard barely, Had to rev it up high just for it to move due to no fluid. So my question is what happened here. My guess is pump bushing just wore down to the point were fluid started to pour out. My torque converter had bad grooves on it fro m the bushing . My guess is the input shaft caused an imbalance in the TC causing the damage due to the input sprag being destroyed. Then I read that flexplates can warp. Can I reuse my flexplate? It has no cracks or anything. What do you guys think.
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