This is on a 46re in a Durango.
I have this trans all blown apart right now.
I noticed that it only has a "2.5" lever in it. I never knew they started so low. I thought "3.8" was the low point.
I've seen info on this subject before but that info is currently "buried" somewhere.
Why would they have put such a low rate lever into something like this, and what would be the advantage/disadvantage of changing it now while it's apart?
The valve body already has had a TF-ODJR shift kit in it for at least the last 60k, and I'm not looking to touch the vb except to disassemble it, clean it and put back in just as it is. I did buy raybestos HD kevlar bands for it. 4wd, mostly daily driver, but I do pull a 4k lb camper, a few times a year with it. And lighter duty towing than that, of lawn equipment/ once a week in the warm season in between campouts. My camper is a Trail manor (very similar to a Hi-Lo) so the top collapses down for towing.
Usually 140-150 miles a shot, each time I pull the camper, 60 miles a shot with the mowers.
2.5 , is this the front band apply lever you are talking about ?? If so get a 3.8 or a 4.2 .
As far as your band selection , don't use the Kevlar band in the front position , it's ok to grab a drum that is not spinning but grabbing the front drum while it is spinning is eventually to smoke it . Get a 727 band for the front, they have a greater amount of friction material than the later bands.
