Re: 1955 Packard Quality

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2010/10/28 7:56:40

Ross Miller is probably a better person to comment on the wave washer failure, but there is plenty of first hand evidence of it's failure and subsequent damage, I've personally encountered it twice. The original wave washer, used in 56 to replace the arrangement used in 55, gave premature wear and once the raised edges of the washer wore thru, the small pieces (hardened steel) fell into the converter and tore the vane edges severely. If you read the service counselors you'll see they later replaced the original wave washer with a phosphatized or otherwise treated washer to give longer life - which it did but still not enough. Any good rebuilder that knows these transmissions will replace the wave washer with the parts from a 55. Kanter sells a wave washer eliminator kit (55 parts), see pix.

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