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727 band adjuatment #1916295 09/20/15 08:28 PM 09/20/15 08:28 PM
Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 202 Barboursville, VA B belvedere383 OP enthusiast
belvedere383 OP enthusiast B Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 202 Barboursville, VA	I have my trans out to freshen it up and I was curious if everyone just ran the factory specs for the band adjustment or if there is another spec that would work better with an aluminum drum ? 65' Belvedere 496'' Stroker Indy Heads

Re: 727 band adjuatment [Re: belvedere383] #1916306 09/20/15 08:42 PM 09/20/15 08:42 PM
Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 9,835 MI, usa dvw master
dvw master Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 9,835 MI, usa	Depends on what lever ratio you run, valve body, front clutch clearance, number of springs in the front clutch, number of springs in the front servo. I find that 1 3/4 turns works good on mine. 15 springs in the clutch, 5 plate clutch at .070", inner and outer in the servo, 4.2 lever. It has over 100 low 9 second passes on it. Had it apart last week the band and drum look like they came out of the box. Doug

Re: 727 band adjuatment [Re: belvedere383] #1916841 09/21/15 05:15 PM 09/21/15 05:15 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 25,784 Rio Linda, CA John_Kunkel Too Many Posts
John_Kunkel Too Many Posts Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 25,784 Rio Linda, CA	Rather than use the "turns out" method, some prefer to use the "feeler gauge" method...set the gap between the lever and the servo plunger at 5/16" or 3/8" using an Allen wrench as the feeler gauge. The INTERNET, the MISinformation superhighway

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