Wish I felt better about putting Japanese, Chinese and Taiwanese parts in my Dodge's German transmission, but that seems to be what's available.

Just like going to the big box stores, too many people are too cheap to buy American so the only thing on the market is the lowest price part.

At least I can respect the Japanese, they learned quality control from Demming. I'm not sure about some of the others.

 

my friend just got his rebuilt and the parts came from sweden

 

Please, please, where did Swedish parts come from?

I don't want to criticize because everybody here has been so helpful, but I ordered parts from the recommended place and the input shaft box says "Made in Taiwan" and one of the bearings doesn't have any country of origin engraved on it. Every good bearing I've ever bought proudly stated where it was from.

 

i can check tomorrow when the shop is open

 

hows the getrag hold up to sled pulling? is there any upgrades for the the rag?

 

I looked up the bearing numbers for both the Getrag and the NV4500 and found that the mainshaft bearings have very comparable load ratings.

I also found that the NV4500 countershaft bearings have a 45% higher dynamic load rating than the Getrag, and dynamic load rating is what we're concerned with.

Looking at my freshly rebuilt Getrag sitting on my shop floor and at the cross section picture in my service manual, it looks like with a bit of machining and making a couple spacers you could put the NV bearings in a 'Rag.

Has anyone ever tried it and want to save me the expense and embarassment of finding out why it can't be done?

I really like the Getrag design. Unlike the NV all the gears are between the bearings which is much better than hanging one off the end like NV did with 5th gear.

 

If it is possible then I'll start saving My penies for this mod.

 

Does anybody have a part number for the roller bearing to go in the flywheel?

 

I had southbend clutch in Southbend IN do it in about 45 mins along with the resurface of the flywheel. That was 2 years ago and it cost about 100 or so dollars. No mods to the input shaft required.

 

I delt with transparts out of Cali somehwere. They are on ebay as well. Had no problems. you can call them and order stuff over the phone rather than ebay.

 

The last bearings I got from Zbag were Japanese. I figure, Japan, Germany, and US would all be on a par quality wise. I think my input was made in USA.

I agree with you on the cheapness of the average American. I'd rather spend a little more money, get quality parts, tools, whatever, and support an American worker to boot. But it is getting to be less and less of an option. Everything is made by the ChiComs because they are so cheap. I live in the "cheaper is better, regardless" capital of the world......