Where to buy tranny overhaul tools?
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A. G. Olphart
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Jake's got it...
Since I only plan to do a few of these, the good low reverse tool looked pretty pricy. There has been a fellow selling one from KD for a $20 starting bid. I got lucky, no one else bid... I'm out of state and haven't seen it, but my wife says as described.
Try a search for " GM Lo-Reverse " and see if there is another one up. I missed it for a while due to the 'Lo' spelling.
Since I only plan to do a few of these, the good low reverse tool looked pretty pricy. There has been a fellow selling one from KD for a $20 starting bid. I got lucky, no one else bid... I'm out of state and haven't seen it, but my wife says as described.
Try a search for " GM Lo-Reverse " and see if there is another one up. I missed it for a while due to the 'Lo' spelling.
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Yup I bought one for $20 same as I've seen at a tool dealer for a $100+
Clutch spring compressor.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4585570819&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:MT:1
Clutch spring compressor.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4585570819&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:MT:1
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I bought that same $20 KD Lo-rev tool too. It works great and is a great deal. The guy that is selling them must have had quite a few. I think he bought out an old KD warehouse or something as he has or had lots of KD stuff, and the packages are really old looking. I have bought a few things from him.
I think besides standard tools, the only specialty tools I used were:
Lo-rev tool
lipseal tool (homemade)
snap ring pliers
bushing driver
press (in lieu of a clutch spring tool)
I think besides standard tools, the only specialty tools I used were:
Lo-rev tool
lipseal tool (homemade)
snap ring pliers
bushing driver
press (in lieu of a clutch spring tool)
Some of the prices are outrageous on trans tools. I see listing for the 200-4R Overrun clutch compressor for $847, and the band adjust gauge for $620!!! 
That's about 10 times what they cost when they first came out with the 200-4R. Must be a design patent thing.
Some valve body kits have ways to adjust the band WITHOUT this over priced tool.
Yes, you can use a piano wire in a piece or copper tubing if you're carefull for clutch seal installations. There are some clutch seal compressors that make that easier, and are not that pricey around.
You will need BOTH inside (PR & TCC) & outside (Sun gear to shaft, etc.) snap ring pliers.
A dial gauge is a must for end clearances. A bushing driver & press are needed since this unit normally needs a new set of bushings every overhaul. The press also comes in handy for the Stator support replacement. I would NOT hammer the Stator Support or any of the bushings.
You might be able to fabricate a pump puller.
That's about 10 times what they cost when they first came out with the 200-4R. Must be a design patent thing.
Some valve body kits have ways to adjust the band WITHOUT this over priced tool.
Yes, you can use a piano wire in a piece or copper tubing if you're carefull for clutch seal installations. There are some clutch seal compressors that make that easier, and are not that pricey around.
You will need BOTH inside (PR & TCC) & outside (Sun gear to shaft, etc.) snap ring pliers.
A dial gauge is a must for end clearances. A bushing driver & press are needed since this unit normally needs a new set of bushings every overhaul. The press also comes in handy for the Stator support replacement. I would NOT hammer the Stator Support or any of the bushings.
You might be able to fabricate a pump puller.
Good Deal here:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Auto...43996QQitemZ4584978746QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW
I've already got one of those. Works great!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Auto...43996QQitemZ4584978746QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW
I've already got one of those. Works great!
www.automotivetools.com has any tool you might need. I thought the
GM servo cover press for $198 was a little high when a $20.00 bar clamp will
easily depress the servo cover. I use a small bearing splitter with a harmonic
balancer puller to pull the pump.
GM servo cover press for $198 was a little high when a $20.00 bar clamp will
easily depress the servo cover. I use a small bearing splitter with a harmonic
balancer puller to pull the pump.
A. G. Olphart
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Bushing drivers-- What sizes or set is needed?
None of the 3 speeds I've refreshed ever needed more than pump bushings (at least they ran fine for a long time without them)
None of the 3 speeds I've refreshed ever needed more than pump bushings (at least they ran fine for a long time without them)
I just found this on an ealier thread for a pump halves alignment tool:
http://www.turbobuick.com/forums/showthread.php?t=161757
I saw something like this years ago in a Hot Rod Magazine DIY Powerglide article. Toni Rossi suggested something like this.
When I was overhauling one of my THM 400's (it was a leaker, not a hard parts failure) I loosely installed the pump cover bolts, placed the pump with the gear side down into the torque converter, aligning the spline & gears into the torque converter fully, had my Father use an old belt like one of these pump aligners, and tightened it up. Worked great.
http://www.turbobuick.com/forums/showthread.php?t=161757
I saw something like this years ago in a Hot Rod Magazine DIY Powerglide article. Toni Rossi suggested something like this.
When I was overhauling one of my THM 400's (it was a leaker, not a hard parts failure) I loosely installed the pump cover bolts, placed the pump with the gear side down into the torque converter, aligning the spline & gears into the torque converter fully, had my Father use an old belt like one of these pump aligners, and tightened it up. Worked great.
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Oh yeah, I forgot about the pump alingment tool...add that to the list of things needed. As I showed in the link above, you just need a couple of hose clamps. Easy and cheap.
Another tool which I needed and remembered as I posted in another thread, was teflon bushing resizers. Again I used small hose clamps lined with a wide zip-tie cut to length so that as you compress the seal, the ends of the zip-tie come together and form a perfect circle, but do not overlap, and shrink the seal. Easy and dirt cheap too.
As far as bushing tools, I did buy just a cheap set from the local cheap tool store, Princess Auto, but didn't use them as I really didn't have to change many of the bushings. I only changed one internally that had lots of play, and then I changed the tail shaft and pump bushings. The others were fine.
For the ones I did change, I needed larger sizes than the ones that came in my cheap tool set, and for those I used the the flat side of bearing race drivers, which were the right size and often are sold as dual purpose race/bushing drivers.
As well, not really a tool, but a good idea non the less...build yourself an extra deep trans fluid pan and custom sump for cheap too:
http://www.turbobuick.com/forums/showthread.php?t=159538
Another tool which I needed and remembered as I posted in another thread, was teflon bushing resizers. Again I used small hose clamps lined with a wide zip-tie cut to length so that as you compress the seal, the ends of the zip-tie come together and form a perfect circle, but do not overlap, and shrink the seal. Easy and dirt cheap too.
As far as bushing tools, I did buy just a cheap set from the local cheap tool store, Princess Auto, but didn't use them as I really didn't have to change many of the bushings. I only changed one internally that had lots of play, and then I changed the tail shaft and pump bushings. The others were fine.
For the ones I did change, I needed larger sizes than the ones that came in my cheap tool set, and for those I used the the flat side of bearing race drivers, which were the right size and often are sold as dual purpose race/bushing drivers.
As well, not really a tool, but a good idea non the less...build yourself an extra deep trans fluid pan and custom sump for cheap too:
http://www.turbobuick.com/forums/showthread.php?t=159538
I bought one of these off eBay for around $50 or so? Can't remember now...
http://www.etoolcart.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=4779
http://www.etoolcart.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=4779
A. G. Olphart
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KEhrhardt said:
Many thanks, that is exactly what I needed. :smile:
