I have had between 5 and 10 Yank transmission in my car. I am still having touble. The last one has lasted about 3 months and now it's toast. The others normally lasted about a week or so. What would you guys do if it were you in my place?

 

Yeah, I heard about your issues. Wasn't your car in the 11s? Hope you find a solution, replacing the trannys like that has to be frustrating.

Tony

 

Yes, best pass was in the 11.50's range. Yes it's about as frustrating as beating your head with a rubber mallet. Not going to kill you probably, but it's annoying, painful at times, not to mention sucks having so much down time. A friend was quoted saying it spends more time in the shop with trannies than it does on the road and it's my daily driver car.

 

Mine is holding up fine, but I'd be pissed. Its either Yank or something in your set-up. Are different things breaking? If you have had 5+ trannies, I'd check the install carefully and put a line pressure guage on it, maybe try a new tranny place.

Alternatively, you can let someone else rebuild it and see if it lasts longer than 3 months. If it doesn't, then its some other factor.

 

Which Tranny 4L60E or 4L70?

 

what is the difference between a 60 or 70. i know the 70 is a 700r4 but that is just a 60 without the electronics all parts are physically identical so how can yank make it any better than a 60 since it is the same tranny?

 

Damn, that really sucks. Been there and done that with my '98 T/A, and I know exactly where you're coming from. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Sad]" src="gr_sad.gif" /> At this point, I'd get my money back and give a different transmission a shot. I'd personally try FLP's level IV 4L60E. IMO, it's as good as you're going to get for a built 4L60E.

The 4L70 is what Yank calls their 200-4R conversion kit. They consider it to be stronger than the 4L60E but weaker than the 4L80E, hence the name.

 

It's nothing really breaking as far as hard parts, it's just the clutches and so fourth. It's a 4L60E Vacuum Modulated. Shifts off vacuum, but Yank won't give me my money back, tried that a long time ago.

 

Too bad you can`t envoke some kind of Lemon Law.
Sorry to hear about your troubles... you sure it`s not in the install or something else besides the tranny.

 

This kind of post has been FAR too common regarding Yank. Great converters, trannys well...give me a break. I built a 4L60-E and it holds so what does that tell you <img border="0" title="" alt="[Confused]" src="images/icons/confused.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Sad]" src="gr_sad.gif" />

They need to fix it once and for all (maybe an install at their shop to rule any other issues out?) or give you your money back plain and simple IMHO. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Mad]" src="gr_images/icons/mad.gif" />

 

Hey LS1Freak, who are you? What is your name? I spoke with Mike at Yank and he doesn't know who you are. He would have definitely remembered sending somebody in Houston 5 to 10 transmissions. By the way, is it 5 trannies or 10? He's only sold 4 transmissions to 4 individuals in the Houston area over the past 2 years and none have had warranty issues. I'm calling you out. Respond back with some facts or this thread will be deleted.

 

My Yank Pro tranny is working great! It has nearly a years worth of daily driving (at least 60 miles day) and about 100 passes at the track.. most high 11's...

 

Patrick, don't delete this thread just move it to the moderator's section... But only if the guy can't substantiate his comments.

I'd like to know how many trannies too, it's one thing to have problems it's another to not be specific.

I'd throw a stock one back in for now.

 

Okay I know who LS1Phreak is, and he's legit. I have actually met him too.

This post stays up for sure.

What keeps dying in the tranny? Have you sent back the tranny a few times or how has that worked?

 

So he`s legit but Mike at Yank has never heard of him.. after so many transmission??
<img border="0" title="" alt="[Confused]" src="images/icons/confused.gif" />
Look like he`s not being straight with you Patrick.

 

Pro Stock John is asking the right questions. What exactly is breaking in the tranny? Are they giving you a new tranny, or just rebuilding yours? If they're just rebuilding yours, I'd ask for a core swap instead. This will:
1. reduce your downtime,
2. solve your porblems if there is actually something wrong in your tranny that they're not catching

Otherwise, I'd start checking the electronics that go along with your tranny. I've had issues with my torque converter lockup interupt switch that fried my tranny. Luckily, the shop I took it to, wouldn't drop the tranny until they felt that they found what really caused the failure.

A second route would possibly be your computer. Did you have your computer re-flashed anytime close to when your trannies started dying? I've gotten a computer that wasn't programmed correctly before. It blew a couple of switches here and there, but after a few trips back to the shop, everything was again, solved. There's allot of programming **** in those computers, and it's not that difficult to screw something up. Keep us all posted on what you find.

On a side note...to ensure that no one questions your testimonial, be specific with the facts, don't let emotion blow things out of proportion. Both sides just end up leaving pissed off.

<small>[ May 13, 2002, 12:25 PM: Message edited by: Byron ]</small>

 

I am not totally sure as to what keeps happening. They don't have enough time or cores to send me a core so I have to send mine back to them. I'm going to get Ed Wright to adjust the line pressure and make sure it's 100% firm at WOT. Mike knows who I am now, I am not from Houston, I didn't write this to **** anyone off, nor to deter anyone from buying Yank Products in any way at all. I am just simply trying to find out why my car won't keep a transmission together. I made 406RWHP and 430ishRWTQ in my car through my stock 3:23 gears and Super Yank 3500. I don't think I'm making any awesome HP that's taking them out that's for sure. My car runs strong, but it's a full weight car, nothing has been removed and I weigh 220 and with me the car weighs 3800 pounds give or take a little bit. I don't know what's happening with the trannies, I just know I would like it to get fixed. To date my car has went 11.59 on a 1.78 60' with a best mph of 119. It also is vacuum modulated and shifts off vacuum. If it short shifts at 6000 or 6100 it runs 115 or 116, 6200 or 6300 116 ro 117, 6400 to 6500 runs 119 just about everytime. It's still set to shift at 6500. In case you're wondering I'll add my car's details in a sig, but I don't use this name anymore.

1998 Camaro SS
Direct-Flo Lid
LS1 Hotcam
Home ported stock 98 heads
LS6 Intake
SLP Longtubes
Yank Tranny
Super Yank 3500
3:73 Gears
Fastchips Programming
Cutout

 

Well, give us some more detail... Does the same thing about crap out every time? Did you do the tranny after BG?

 

My experience has been with the 4L70 and it has been less than stellar. (Needed to be totally rebuilt) It is holding up pretty well so far though.

However their converters rock! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />
Cheers,
Chris

 

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by mobius:
<strong>what is the difference between a 60 or 70. i know the 70 is a 700r4 but that is just a 60 without the electronics all parts are physically identical so how can yank make it any better than a 60 since it is the same tranny?</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">The 4L70 is a 200R4 not a 700R4/4L60E.