Originally Posted by John_Kunkel
Originally Posted by ab7fh

I stripped one out shifting into 2nd and it was like missing a shift with a manual car.


When starting out in 1st, brake or not, both planetaries are sharing the load. but. When shifted to 2nd, the front planetary absorbs the load, so that's the common failure mode.


Very interesting. Puts it into perspective. I've got probably 80 passes on the car, shifted into 2nd gear on every one of them, lol. I'll be sure to inspect carefully next time I take the trans apart, but I think I'll leave it for now