Rickys S/C Z28

iTrader: (13)

i was going down the road and my car just stopped pulling, i pulled the tran and the converter had a piece broken of from the nose this is what it looks like





what do you think did this?? and can it be fixed?? i need some big time help this thing was 1100 bucks and the trany was 3k now im broke and my car is broke also, what do you guys think i should do?
Ricky

Gilbert@Ace Racing

Looks to me like that hub got red hot! The pump will no doubt be affected.

$4k and no help from the vendors that sold those components? Have you contacted them?

That transmission will need to be inspected very carefully. Who did the install and when? It wouldn't surprise me to learn that it has had a noise or has had some sort of a problem from day one. From those pics I would have to say that the converter was not spaced properly.

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Rickys S/C Z28

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thats the thing it made NO noise i got it about 6 months ago i have not contacted hughes yet but the guy that did my trans said that if i send it back he will rebuild it for free but that was in hawaii and im in ky now so it would cost me like 700 bucks plus the wait time to get that done, i reinstalled the tranny when i did my motor i think i did everything right i mean i drove it for like 4-5 week with no worries even went to the track 3 times then it just stopped pulling?? can the converter be fixed or am i out of luck?
Gill i talked with you when i did this damn thing and know wish to god i would have just sent it to you!!! Now im broke and will have to just let it sit

Gilbert@Ace Racing

Call me at the shop tomorrow.

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Rickys S/C Z28

iTrader: (13)

ok man will do

trans2000am

iTrader: (49)

wow that sucks

Gilbert@Ace Racing

Glad you called Ricky. Let me know when you're ready to move forward and we'll see what we can do to get you back on the road... hate to see you in this predicament.

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rufretic

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Man, that looks nasty. I wonder why the hell that happened?

Dustin 98TA

Pump locked up.

99NMB

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That, or maybe the converter wasn't installed correctly.

performabuilt

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its very difficult to say why it happened, I have seen it happen and there still be a perfect pump. I have seen them crack there and cause a leak . The pump it self would not be able to cause enough strain to cause that so I would say either installation error that showed up late or a weak hub in the converter. Should be easier to make better guesses once pump is inspected

Gilbert@Ace Racing

Pumps don't arbitrarily lock up. It could happen... but you would be surprised to learn how infrequently it happens.

It is my opinion that the excessive heat was generated by a converter clutch that failed, by another clutch element that failed. Point is, I think it will be found that the cooler is clogged and the unit lost lubrication.

For that converter hub to be 10 different colors it had to be red hot at one point. That is not good.

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big wally 55

A few years ago I ran into a few 10 vane pump rotors that were an aftermarket brand of some kind . We had several in a row that would split for no apparant reason . They would lock the pump when they split and we saw a few converter hubs that looked like that .