Yes there is quite a bit of difference. We have a lot of specialty parts like the valve body and seperator plate calibration. govenor calibration, TV plunger sleeve and TV spring, TV boost spring, .471 TV Boost valve, HD 3-4 apply ring, extra 3-4 clutches, special output shaft, HD lo/rev sprag, reaction planetary gear with oil slinger, Corvette servo, HD slide spring, stiff accumulator springs, 1-2 accum valve. Off the top of my head. A lot of these you replace anyway in a high performance build. Mostly you have to be careful with the shift timing. This is the VB calibration which is finely balanced, mess that up and the nightmare begins.
midnightbluS10 said:This is what Brian Hartman told me back in 2002:
Yes there is quite a bit of difference. We have a lot of specialty parts like the valve body and seperator plate calibration. govenor calibration, TV plunger sleeve and TV spring, TV boost spring, .471 TV Boost valve, HD 3-4 apply ring, extra 3-4 clutches, special output shaft, HD lo/rev sprag, reaction planetary gear with oil slinger, Corvette servo, HD slide spring, stiff accumulator springs, 1-2 accum valve. Off the top of my head. A lot of these you replace anyway in a high performance build. Mostly you have to be careful with the shift timing. This is the VB calibration which is finely balanced, mess that up and the nightmare begins.
HTH's
dgoodhue said:SyTy do have a unique but weaker output shaft than 4x4 700r4.
DaveP6999 said:I've mentioned this in the past, but will bring it up again.
My research (going through my GM parts micro fisches) indicates that the output shaft is unique for 1993 ONLY. There is a specific PN for the output shaft for that year only. The 91 & 92 use the same PN as any other T (4WD) series.
Does anyone know what makes this part different? I've had my 93 for 11 years now, and the trans still hasn't been out of it. I'd really like to know why the different PN?
DaveP6999 said:I've mentioned this in the past, but will bring it up again.
My research (going through my GM parts micro fisches) indicates that the output shaft is unique for 1993 ONLY. There is a specific PN for the output shaft for that year only. The 91 & 92 use the same PN as any other T (4WD) series.
Does anyone know what makes this part different? I've had my 93 for 11 years now, and the trans still hasn't been out of it. I'd really like to know why the different PN?
dgoodhue said:but I have a 92 Ty output shaft and its different than the 4wd output shaft.
DaveP6999 said:In what way??
I helped a guy last week with an output shaft change as an interim solution for his Sy. We then decided to "save" his genuine LHM, instead, so we had it apart as well. I didn't see ANY difference between the generic T-series, and the LHM 91 shaft, and I looked. This was about an hour apart, not a side-by-side comparison, so.....
Curious, what did you see?
dgoodhue said:3 Scribe lines and the hole difference (one of the holes is rotated 180 degrees) On the SyTy the holes are on the same side 1/2 apart.
jwaller said:the scribe lines are not the only differance between the 4wd and syty shaft.
the oil holes on the 4wd shaft line up. they do NOT line up on the syty shaft. thats why the idiots that made the billete ones copied the wrong one.
holes lined up next to each other is a very bad idea.
DaveP6999 said:I disagree. Opposite each other is weaker. The load is torsion. Opposite holes EACH interrupt the load path, and the reduction in strength of each hole is CUMULATIVE. Straight across the interruptions are in line with each other.The reduction in strength is that of the biggest hole. Should be appx half as much as two holes of the same size 180Deg opposite. Doesn't mean it still can't be broke.![]()
See Post #10, second paragraph above. It tells where I found a generic 4X4 with 'straight across' holes.
Regards
Dave
Obviously you're referring to the CK Performance (www.ckperformance.com) 4340 Billet steel 700R4 4WD output shafts. I have one and it's doing great. CK himself told me that NONE of the shafts sold have ever come back with a failure.jwaller said:the oil holes on the 4wd shaft line up. they do NOT line up on the syty shaft. thats why the idiots that made the billete ones copied the wrong one.
The T-case is AFTER the trans. 4-low would be harder on the output shaft of the T-CASE, but EASIER on the TRANSMISSION output shaft, as the torque load going through the transmission is now reduced because of the gear reduction in the T-case.quicksuv said:4 low lanches is really tought on them