I understand what you're saying about using thicker steels. The ones I took out were .078,.078,.090, .090,.090,.090 so was going to start with that since the trans was fine. If you use .100's you would still have to use some thinner ones. Do steels come in all sizes? If so where do I get them as I'm only seeing a few different sizes. Just an FYI, the only reason I took the trans apart is that the forward drum shaft snapped off. Rebuild only had about 3000 miles so everything looks like new. Only 3 of the direct steels had some black marks but figured I would just replace all of those. I guess my question is will forward steels fit in the direct drum?