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Old 12-12-2006, 11:41 AM
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Im very reluctant to take this thing apart for the 4th time. I thought i had the pipe going fairly tightly into the hole. It was still bent a little and going in at an angle, but it looked to be sealed all the way around. I think i will just keep it in FWD for now. Or maybe sell the car. Anyone interested?
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Old 12-12-2006, 03:03 PM
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Im very reluctant to take this thing apart for the 4th time. I thought i had the pipe going fairly tightly into the hole. It was still bent a little and going in at an angle, but it looked to be sealed all the way around. I think i will just keep it in FWD for now. Or maybe sell the car. Anyone interested?
I would not worry about the pipe leaking. All the pipes in the valve body are just push in. They all leak, they are allowed to do this as the pump has the capacity to pump the ATF through all leaks and still operate all the functions.
It just circulates the ATF to cool and lube the gears and clutches.

The pipe leaking won't cause the binding you have, as it is the pressure in this pipe that is applying the clutch. If it was leaking too much, you would not have the clutch work at all.

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Old 12-12-2006, 03:12 PM
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That makes sense. So would you guess that my clutches have gone bad? or the valve itself?
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Old 12-12-2006, 03:30 PM
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That makes sense. So would you guess that my clutches have gone bad? or the valve itself?
Well seeing that you had a bit of trouble fitting the clutch pack (used a hammer) the plates could be a bad match now, so they bind a bit. If this is so, it may improve over time with wear.

Otherwise it is the C solenoid/transfer valve, sticking.

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Old 12-12-2006, 03:40 PM
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The hammer was used to insert the driveshaft because it wasnt sliding in easily. Not sure this would have anything to do with the clutches. Everything else went together nicely. This last time i had it apart, the driveshaft slid in easily like it was supposed to. Not sure why i had problems the time before.
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Old 12-12-2006, 04:06 PM
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The hammer was used to insert the driveshaft because it wasnt sliding in easily. Not sure this would have anything to do with the clutches. Everything else went together nicely. This last time i had it apart, the driveshaft slid in easily like it was supposed to. Not sure why i had problems the time before.
Sorry Merz, I have never had one apart, mine is different, so I can't help there. I was just thinking that the drive shaft may have burred the tangs on the plates as it was pushed in, taking up the slack between the plates, to cause the binding. This can also happen if the clutch plates have not been kept in the same order as they came out. They wear and mate together, if they are mixed up, the pack will be thicker, may cause binding.

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Old 12-12-2006, 04:34 PM
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Ok, i see what you are saying. It may be a good idea for me to drive the car in AWD for a while to see if the clutches wear together. I will give it a couple weeks and then report back. Thanks a lot for the help. I really do appreciate it.
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Old 12-12-2006, 04:46 PM
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Ok, i see what you are saying. It may be a good idea for me to drive the car in AWD for a while to see if the clutches wear together. I will give it a couple weeks and then report back. Thanks a lot for the help. I really do appreciate it.
Yes Mate give it a go, the binding may fix it.

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