Re: Torque Converter Removal

Posted by Scott On 2019/12/30 19:31:12

Thanks for the information!

Is the 20 tooth rotor a '55 part in the '56 housing, or were early '56's also 20 tooth?
Doesn't the '56 housing inject the clutch oil in the center end of the pump vs. the bell housing channel, in effect getting it to where it needs to go down the converter shaft? But then with the unnecessary drilled annular holes and/or the 20 tooth rotor is the clutch oil bleeding off where it isn't supposed to go?
Not sure I fully understand the path but I don't understand why a '56 housing wouldn't work. I guess I need to know what combination is best.

As for end play on the center shaft, by hand I don't feel any at all. It's tight. As I've mentioned this trans was reportedly entirely rebuilt but that's when the clutch quit working, but everything else works fine. I don't know what, if any, problems it had beforehand.