wheel cylinder hone. thats cool. never heard of that. i had some scratches in my intermediate servo. i used jb weld to fill scratches then sanded it down with some wet sandpaper. didnt think to use scotch brite either. The way you fit more clutches in the direct drum was genius. i was wondering how i could get a thinner endplate to fit more clutches. my truck had a 4 clutch direct drum that can only fit 3 clutches because of a thick endplate. Still out of clearance now but it was close. hopefully its not gonna be a problem. you said you didnt want to use thinner steel clutches. they must not be as good. do you think i could sand down the thick endplate? or maybe have a machine shop do it cheap? or do you think using thinner steel clutches would be better?
I didn't want to use thinner steels due to them not taking as much heat or abuse. Stay away from double cut drums off eBay. There is no such thing as cheap and machine shop either. They will end up charging you 150 to cut the down thinner, and you don't want that piece to be thin. Just get a 47-48drum
I have a 2002 ram 1500 quad cab 2wd with the 46RE and the 360 Magnum. Im currently building a 408 Magnum and i would like some recommendations for building the 46RE. It will be daily street driven. I'm thinking building it to OEM+? what do you recommend? Thanks
Get the transgoPro kit. I use stock clutches. Their apply isn't as harsh as the alto. The forward drum you may want to use the better clutches. Get the 727 band and bevel spring, use the 727 filter, and press the sprag race out and JB weld it in if your going to upgrade to bolt in. If you press it out and JB be careful to get it straight with the case. Use c-clamps. I drill the return in the case a size above 5/16 and also drill a feeder hole for the sprag from the return passage. Chamfer all the holes that are drilled from factory, smooth the case inside, do not use the accumulator with the pressing sleeve, and use all your return springs for the apply drum. Relocate the breather to the snap ring plate on the extension housing. Use all Teflon scarf cut seals on the pump housing. Get rid of any aluminum planetary. 5 pinions are plenty. 4.8 arm for the band.
@@firstrespondergarage thanks for the reply. If there was a How-to write up with pics or a RU-vid video detailing that build, i would go at it myself. I think I'll have a trans specialist do this for me with your instructions. I think they would know what you're talking about...
