RE: Trans Shuddering at 167,000 help please??

From: Bernd D. Ratsch (bernd@texas.net)
Date: Fri Oct 10 2003 - 06:54:50 EDT

So is it actually shaking the truck a little bit (shuddering) or just
fluctuating on the RPM's?

- Bernd

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Gary
Hedlin
Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 12:27 AM
To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
Subject: Re: DML: Trans Shuddering at 167,000 help please??

Funny thing it wasnt shuddering on the shift points... I had the cruse
on, set at 80... Its hard to really explain, it kinda surged up in
RPM's about 100 RPM, then went back to the normal 2300rpm's

I'm afraid this puppy is gonna be a big ol' can of worms. ;) 

-- 
Gary Hedlin
President
Hedlin Web Designs
http://www.hedlin.net

Gary's Wisdom- #871

-Insanity is doing something over and over agian, expecting different
results. ""Bernd D. Ratsch"" <bernd@texas.net> wrote in message
news:1065761866.32349.2.camel@Lindows...
>
>
> 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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