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Re: lost reverse. reggin smeggin friggin dang fricken DOH!
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#439037
08/15/09 05:43 PM
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if you lost reverse and nothing else...
check rear servo...rear band strut...and rear band adjustment
Tony
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Re: lost reverse. reggin smeggin friggin dang fricken DOH!
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#439040
08/15/09 09:18 PM
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if you lost reverse and nothing else...
check rear servo...rear band strut...and rear band adjustment
thats the big cludgey looking linkage in there with the small 1" by 1.5" steel plate right?
When i bought the cheetah valve body, i also bought the heavy duty retainer for the heavy duty servo spring they give you. I wonder if maybe that snap ring came out???? it was kind of a bear to get int there working under the car.
i'll check it tomorrow after checking the band adjustment
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Re: lost reverse. reggin smeggin friggin dang fricken DOH!
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08/16/09 09:24 AM
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The band adjustment that can be accessed from outside the trans case is 2nd gear... Reverse is the rear band & to access it you'll need to drop the pan...
yup, at least the pan has a drain plug and i have the good reusable pan gasket.
not so bad, i wanted to put some type F back in there anyways. i had to refill with dextron a few months ago when my tranny line came off and dumped several quarts on the track (i already fixed the line with couplers and got rid of the hose clamps that caused THAT problem)
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Re: lost reverse. reggin smeggin friggin dang fricken DOH!
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#439045
08/16/09 05:09 PM
08/16/09 05:09 PM
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It will likely work fine for now, try to minmize the burnouts in reverse & expect to replace the band & drum when it comes apart... 
seems to done the trick. the car is multidirectional again. i can go forward and backward!!
I wonder how long it will last? I saw they make and sell some longer struts in the my Torqueflight Transmission handbook that are used if the drum is machined. I'm thinking I should pick them just in case.
Thanks all!
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Re: lost reverse. reggin smeggin friggin dang fricken DOH!
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#439049
08/17/09 02:13 PM
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Time for a "real" transmission.. 
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Re: lost reverse. reggin smeggin friggin dang fricken DOH!
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08/17/09 04:06 PM
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naw, i just need a new drum and a new band.
too much torque will do that to a transmission
Not if they're built right...
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Re: lost reverse. reggin smeggin friggin dang fricken DOH!
#439052
08/17/09 06:42 PM
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Or operated right, if LBA equipped lots of manual 1-2 upshifting will hasten the rear drum/band wear especially if no servo mods have been done.
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Re: lost reverse. reggin smeggin friggin dang fricken DOH!
[Re: John_Kunkel]
#439053
08/18/09 03:05 PM
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Or operated right, if LBA equipped lots of manual 1-2 upshifting will hasten the rear drum/band wear especially if no servo mods have been done.
no doubt. with 116,000 miles on a stock drum, tons of manual 1st to 2nd shifts, i could fully understand how the drum can be worn.
what kind of servo mods would help prevent this? The cheetah forward manual/auto valve body is a LBA VB, isn't it?
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Re: lost reverse. reggin smeggin friggin dang fricken DOH!
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#439054
08/18/09 03:21 PM
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If the VB has compression braking in 1st gear it's LBA and the band is applied/released on each 1-2 shift cycle. The stock servo needs to be rigidized and a heavier spring installed but this might have already been done when the VB was installed.
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Re: lost reverse. reggin smeggin friggin dang fricken DOH!
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#439055
08/18/09 06:10 PM
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If the VB has compression braking in 1st gear it's LBA and the band is applied/released on each 1-2 shift cycle. The stock servo needs to be rigidized and a heavier spring installed but this might have already been done when the VB was installed.
thanks. yes, the VB came with a much stiffer spring and i purchased the heavy duty retainer for it
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Re: lost reverse. reggin smeggin friggin dang fricken DOH!
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#439056
08/18/09 07:11 PM
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Even with the correctly modified servo there is a lot of drag as the band releases on the 1-2 upshift, it was never designed to be used on a continuous basis.
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