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Anyone that has been around knows my first gear is almost dead, Well tonight I lost 3, 4, & 5 for a little bit getting on the highway. Was not mashing on it.

Just thought I would vent a little.

This will be the 5th SS transmission I have killed, Sorry folks. I'm making transmissions harder to come by...

Start using NA cable clutch transmissions.. Atleast they are easy to find and I called a yard up north a while back and they were pricing the gearboxes at around 100ish, lol

4.11 Bonus too!

yeah, might have to...

Better ratios put less strain on the gears too.
You know clutches are designed to slip right CJ?

No clutch dumping here

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Stephen said it. I'm surprised you haven't gone to a 4.444 yet. I bet you won't break one of those. I can launch mine all day anf not break anything. Cheaper than 5 3.90's.

kimokalihi wrote: Cheaper than 5 3.90's.

Im looking at them on ebay. 1100 bucks

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So I am going to sound like a newb but why does the ratio affect the life. Also I would like to keep the 3.90 due to the better gas but after hearing this maybe not. Side not my FWD N/A has a 3.7 and it is the original tranny with 268,XXX miles and I don't baby it.

Because the lower gear ratio reduces torque on the gears.

SILINC3R wrote:So I am going to sound like a newb but why does the ratio affect the life. Also I would like to keep the 3.90 due to the better gas but after hearing this maybe not. Side not my FWD N/A has a 3.7 and it is the original tranny with 268,XXX miles and I don't baby it.

That thing's only holding up because it's front wheel drive lol.

Yeah I can confirm the fwd 5sp breaks under a higher load. My first legacy wound up being a ej22t swap for a year before I found a good awd swap to put under it. It was fun to spin the wheels at 30mph for a minute. But having to ease out of every turn like I had a waterballoon full of manure on the dash board got a little old after a while.

How much power are you making? Thats a lot of tranny damage. I had a rebuild quoted locally 5 years ago at around $600 IIRC. That was me uninstalling transporting and reinstalling.

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Maybe you needed some stickier tires.

Problem these days rebuilding the Tleg 5mt trannies is the availability of parts....last time I checked there were no main shafts in the country, and no plans on new ones coming. So I ended up rebuilding it with 20 year old parts.

It's all about how you drive it. I never killed an SS 5-speed and had a couple at over 250k original miles.

Yeah this one was freshly rebuilt and had cryo treated 1-4. Still didmt like doughnuts. After breakin tried to whip it aroumnd in a parking lot for less than a minute. After that first gear whined all the time as loud as reverse. Been like that for almost 2 years and the other night it finally told me it was tired.

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And you know what? After reading what i just typed, i hate this phone and its small ass on screen buttons....

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Ha! Should've got a note2.

Stfu hahaha, I really reeeaaaaalllllly want that phone...

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Sounds like you need to save your pennies for a 6mt

In my current position i couldnt even save for a 100 dollar ss 5 speed...

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Haha, yeah, if you abuse it like that in dry conditions then I'd say no guarantees. Or it was rebuilt wrong since it started so soon after the rebuild.
I used to do that stuff all the time, but only on gravel, dirt or snow. I launched in the dry a couple times at 17psi with wheelspin but didn't do that too often.
If you want to abuse it get a 6-speed, if you can't afford that then don't abuse it and it will last!

Note to self: no donuts on dry pavement if I do a 5spd swap

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