Project SicMonte

[SicMonte]

Got some news from the trans guy......bad news.

Apparently the trans was built correctly and I installed it correctly...the thing that caused the trans to fail was a "hard part failure". It turns out that the most expensive "Be ALL End ALL" part of the trans was manufactured wrong, therefore causing the failure.

My "E4340 Steel Billet Shaft Forward Drum" was manufactured off center, meaning that the billet input shaft was welded onto the forward drum off center. This caused the copper bushings to wear out at a ridiculous pace...therefore taking out the ring lands...therefore taking out the whole center support...therefore destroying my entire trans. The "glitter" in my fluid was from the copper bushing being ate up by the misaligned input shaft.

Here's what failed. **these pics was taken off the part manufactures home page**













My trans builder is in contact with the manufacturer of the part to see if they are going to cover this.