8.8 traction lok rebuild question

rd

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Nov 9, 2004

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• Nov 9, 2004

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I put new clutches in my 8.8 Sunday, and the spider gears would not go back in. So I removed the .060 shim from the pass side, and replaced it with an .040 shim and they fit.

Got to thinking, I guess I should have equal shims on each side, right?

Anybody been down this road?

BTW the spring goes back in easily with a press!

 

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SlowGT

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• Nov 10, 2004

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yes, you should have equal shims on each side. did you put 6 clutches in or 8?

 

33188LX

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• Nov 10, 2004

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Read this website, it explains everything really good.
http://www.corral.net/tech/drivetrain/gears.html

 

rd

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I put in 6 clutches. There were two old ones with the tabs broken.

I figured I should take it back apart and make it the same on both sides.

thanks.

 

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SlowGT

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• Nov 11, 2004

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I rebuild them with 8 clutches and only 6 steel spacers. Usually end up reusing the stock shim on each side.