jaber wrote:My trans kept leaving little drips under the rear aluminum case and the last couple weeks it turned into small puddles. Found a cast replacement on Ebay for $85 shipped and no more worrying about its fluid level. Did the seals in t case while it was out. Also found it already has a 5th gear lock nut, so that's another worry off my mind...
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Sowwy.jaber wrote:Oh sure, NOW you tell me about the bad bores...
So far so good, no gasket, just black rtv. It's nice pulling into a customer's drive and not leave a mark.
My problem is that I've done too much reading on the NV4500. It's a medium duty trans in a heavy duty application. I found a thread on one of the Dodge forums that talks about finding an SAE#2 rear engine adapter and putting an Eaton/ Fuller 6 spd into it that will handle 500k be for needing repairs. Heres the thread if you have a couple days to read...
https://www.cumminsforum.com/forum/98-5 ... uller.html
Not saying it isn't true... I'd just be curious as to the conditions that cause it to snap. There's more than a lot of guys running turned up Cummins towing crazy heavy stuff. IMHO, if your rolling 800^ tq and towing 20k+ and lose a shaft... It's kinda a "duh" result. These trucks are powerful. It's easy to forget how much stress is put on components when you set your programmer to kill and the stereo to loud.jaber wrote:It was nice to see the aftermarket 5th gear nut already on mine when I switched the cover. Makes for mo re piece of mind...
My understanding is that the 5600 is notorious for snapping output shafts...
Turn it up and get crunked!jaber wrote:Sooo, what are you sayin bout me...