Transmission repair cost

Glen, For your information, you have a 4t60e transmission in the bonny.

I looked here and found this:

The transmission rebuilt with a torque converter is $1350. I'd say you probably got screwed and I'm sorry to have to say that. The price for installation if you were in the area is $350.

I got screwed when I got my transmission rebuilt. They didn't even build it right. I had parts missing that I had to fix when I got it back. They haven't ever apologized and I still have a early shifting tranny. At least the hard shifting has been fixed.. Now I just need to touch the governor to fix the early shifting. There aren't any "rebuilt" parts that you'd put in the transmission. Any parts that are worn out should be replaced with new. If you got "rebuilt" parts, then you got used ones. I think they were just giving you a bunch of bull.

There is no chain in a transmission, they're all gears. If you'd like to see how an automatic transmission works, I suggest you go to

and look in the transmissions section in the automotive part.

-Bruce

Um... I think you forgot about the main drive chain (or chains depending on trans).

I don't know of any automatic trannies that have a chain. Some of the new CVT transmissions have some type of metal belt.

Transfer cases on 4X4s usually have chains these days, but it's only to run the front drive shaft. My old '74 Wagoneer has a chain (that I replaced myself, part was about $130) that powers both the front and rear outputs, but that's uncommon any more.

KennyH

Horsepower is cheaper than therapy.

The chain in question transfers the power from the engine centerline where the torque converter is located to the main trany centerline which is behind the engine centerline. It's under the side cover. My TH-125 has one, I know for a fact that the TH-3225 and TH-425 also have one, and I'm pretty sure that all of GM's transverse trannies have one. Here's a website where you can buy transmission chains, including one for the 4T60E:

$49.86.

JazzMan

"Bruce Chang" wrote

Better hit the tranny books again, Bruce.

Ian

"KHanawalt" wrote

Go over to Bruce's house.....he'll be reading up on the use of chains in GM auto trannies.

Ian

Yup, I stand corrected.

If you just left your vehicle with a dealership or mechanic shop and told them to 'fix it', you probably don't have much of a case.

4T60's cost from $850 to about $1200 for a rebuilt here in Houston by competent independent mechanics.

If you go to an dealership or a repair shop and don't have some sort of agreement up front, Heaven only knows what they will do to you.

And, yes, these units have a chain.

|>> There is no chain in a transmission, they're all gears. If you'd like to |>> see how an automatic transmission works, I suggest you go to |>>

| |>Um... I think you forgot about the main drive chain (or chains depending |>on trans). | |I don't know of any automatic trannies that have a chain. Some of the new CVT |transmissions have some type of metal belt. |

Eldorado/Toronados in the early years used a Hy-Vo chain Rex in Fort Worth

You must have taken your car to AAMCO.

The original Saab 900 also used a chain drive.

Dimly recall the original Oldsmobile Toronado had a main chain drive for the FWD transmission. If you extend the definition, the Nissan Murano CVT could be called a belt.

Chrysler 42LE- drive between the transmission section and the differential section. Probably others. Probably lots of others.

Ah, yes. I stand corrected. I was stuck in the rear-wheel-drive paradigm. It stands to reason that a chain would be the cheapest and quietest way to move the power sideways. I've never had a transverse tranny apart. Sorry for the mistake.

KennyH

Horsepower is cheaper than therapy.