4.8/5.3 TH400 Spacer question
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4.8/5.3 TH400 Spacer question
Short version.
I have a 4.8 with the stock flex plate (slight dish in center)
Engine is out of car
I put the flex plate on- then the spacer with longer bolts. I put the TH400 converter up just to check fitment- the hub on the converter bottomed out in spacer and there was maybe 1/4 gap between converter and flex plate.
Took it all to local converter shop and he took several measurements and milled the GM spacer down slightly and now its fits correctly.
the converter was a standard height 6.2 TH400 converter
i installed it in the car tonight and checked the converter gap and it was perfect at 3/16 bottomed out in tranny and pulled snug to flex plate easily.
I guess my question is who has the GM spacer and did it fit correctly ?
I know originally these were used on the flat flex plate 6.0 applications but I thought there were plug and play for the dished 4.8/5.3 flex plates.
I have a 4.8 with the stock flex plate (slight dish in center)
Engine is out of car
I put the flex plate on- then the spacer with longer bolts. I put the TH400 converter up just to check fitment- the hub on the converter bottomed out in spacer and there was maybe 1/4 gap between converter and flex plate.
Took it all to local converter shop and he took several measurements and milled the GM spacer down slightly and now its fits correctly.
the converter was a standard height 6.2 TH400 converter
i installed it in the car tonight and checked the converter gap and it was perfect at 3/16 bottomed out in tranny and pulled snug to flex plate easily.
I guess my question is who has the GM spacer and did it fit correctly ?
I know originally these were used on the flat flex plate 6.0 applications but I thought there were plug and play for the dished 4.8/5.3 flex plates.