planet replacement question
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planet replacement question do you have to remove the valve body or can you leave it on to change a planet gear in 4L60-E, I would like to not mess with it, accumulator etc. if possible. thanks for the imputs.
It can be done by a well trained individual. The question is why are you changing a planet? If it has exploded or is making metal the whole trans should be disassembled and cleaned throughout.
Its tediuos but can be done but I too would ask the reasonng for changing it, Generaly as mentioned if a planet fails it will put debris through out the trans . Or if it is whining its sign of a further lube issue in the unit. Now if your doing it just to upgrade to 5 pins and you have no issue at present I would not bother as the risk of issues from doing the change in a good trans are greater than the odds of a 4 pin planet failure,
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Well I would not recommend you tinker with your own automatic if it is your 1st one to open up. Buy a core, take it apart and see if you then want to tackle yours! Then, if you do open yours up you'll have the replacement hard yous for yours... just and idea.
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Take the pan off, if theres metal flakes the vb has to come off and come apart.
First 700 I built ran great, no noises, nothing. Just had metal flake red colored fluid, one of the gears was just floating on the pin with no bearings.
Back then I bought a new one from GM for $90, I didn't know I could have had two cores and probably two good planetary sets for $80. So buying a core to take apart and mess with might pay off.
First 700 I built ran great, no noises, nothing. Just had metal flake red colored fluid, one of the gears was just floating on the pin with no bearings.
Back then I bought a new one from GM for $90, I didn't know I could have had two cores and probably two good planetary sets for $80. So buying a core to take apart and mess with might pay off.
