Normally...the clutches wearing out or have worn out. When the steels
and worn-out clutches bind together...it makes the trans shudder on the
shit points and, in worn out clutch cases, will shudder even during
engagement.
I'd have the trans rebuilt before anything else happens...it's seen some
hard driving there Gary. :)
- Bernd
On Thu, 2003-10-09 at 23:51, Gary Hedlin wrote:
> Ok... Heres one for you guys!!
>
> I was comming home a few nights ago, and I noticed the transmission
> shuddering intermitently. It hapened twice on a hour-and-a-half trip, about
> halfway through... but hasnt done so since. The shudders lasted about a
> second and then went back to normal.
>
> I took the truck out on the highway today, drove it for about an hour, but
> could not replicate the shudders. I'm wondering what it could be... I
> changed the trans fluid last December using ATF+4, and the fluid level
> looked OK when I checked it today.....not sure what color the ATF+4 should
> be though.
>
> What causes a transmission to shudder annyway?? I'm hoping this is
> something simple that can be fixed for the time being.
>
> Thanks in Advance,
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