Broken Vig??
02-15-2009, 12:23 AM
#1
Broken Vig??
I started the disassembly on the AV today. Got the trans and T-case out. I will be putting the trans in our TrailBlazer as the 60E in it decided to pack it in. I don't need the 2600 Vig for the grocery getter, so I pulled it out to swap the factory converter from the TB in. This what I found. Wonder how long it has been like this? Seems that I have seen a few other pics on here like this.
Last edited by DrX; 02-15-2009 at 08:42 AM.
02-15-2009, 07:19 AM
#3
Seems I've seen 2 or 3 Vigs in that condition. I do not understand how in the hell enough force is put on those areas, by the pump, to break them. I've seen enough to say that they need to look into it. Work hardening the steel when they machine it? Adding some radius in the cut?
02-15-2009, 08:15 AM
#4
I think it has to do with the depth of the converter into the pump and high RPM's personally. I have seen a handful of the PI's like that over tha past 2 years or so...interesting. Anyone know if this "issue" is seen in both the 10.5" and the 9.5"? Chase, if you see this, was yours a 9.5"???
02-15-2009, 08:50 AM
#5
Found Chase's old thread: https://www.performancetrucks.net/fo...nverter+broken
More: https://www.performancetrucks.net/fo...nverter+broken
More: https://www.performancetrucks.net/fo...nverter+broken
Last edited by DrX; 02-15-2009 at 08:58 AM.
02-15-2009, 11:19 AM
#7
I agree. After I installed my 6.0, I've broken three pumps but never the converter. I had to use washers as spacers between the converter and where it bolts to the flywheel. When the bellhousing was bolted up to the engine there was almost a 1/4" gap between the two and bolting it up without spacing it pulled the converter out of the pump too much so the two didn't have enough surface contact to handle the power thrown at it.
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02-15-2009, 11:24 AM
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I've had the hub crack about half way around and it started pissing fluid everywhere. Luckily it was still under warranty and sent it back to vig. They said they had a bad batch of hubs. This was about year and a half ago.
02-15-2009, 12:28 PM
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There does seem to be a common theme here.
Hopefully this is not a depth issue as this was resolved through a discussion on here at the time of my install. According to PI's online install guidelines at the time, spacers would have been required, but PI confirmed that no spacers should be used. Don't know if their online instructions were ever revised. I know that I had checked back a while later and they were still the same.
When did PI stop using the "bad hubs" and has anyone had this issue since that time?
Hopefully this is not a depth issue as this was resolved through a discussion on here at the time of my install. According to PI's online install guidelines at the time, spacers would have been required, but PI confirmed that no spacers should be used. Don't know if their online instructions were ever revised. I know that I had checked back a while later and they were still the same.
When did PI stop using the "bad hubs" and has anyone had this issue since that time?
02-15-2009, 12:39 PM
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I think it has to do with the depth of the converter into the pump and high RPM's personally. I have seen a handful of the PI's like that over tha past 2 years or so...interesting. Anyone know if this "issue" is seen in both the 10.5" and the 9.5"? Chase, if you see this, was yours a 9.5"???