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Old Jun 4, 2010 | 08:38 AM
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did some searching around and saw this post from some dude:

Originally Posted by L4m3r
i took mine into a local trans shop and for 20 bux they put a extension on the end of my converter... about 1/8th inch longer.. works like a charm for me
and was wondering, is he talking about the shop extending this hub part on the tc?:



i didn't know shops could do that. how is that done?
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Old Jun 4, 2010 | 11:08 AM
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I assume they welded it on but could not tell u why.
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That hub rides inside the rear of the crank. Maybe for some reason it wasnt engaging properly or something. That acts as a center and support for the torque converter during operation.
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Originally Posted by blk/slvr02ss
I assume they welded it on but could not tell u why.
That's what I was thinking too. I just never heard of a shop doing that. Good thing, otherwise you'd have to get a new torque converter if the tc hub wasn't going into the crank or crank spacer all the way.
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