Thought the 05 owners would find this interesting: http://dodgetruckworld.tenmagazines....ds_up_on_48res

 

Thanx Brian. Good to know.

Blyg

 

I heard of this problem months ago, but it seems like it has yet to materialize into a known flaw or problem. I would think that if it were as bad as it seems then we would see it popping up here and there and to the best of my knowledge that has not been the case. I have friends at the local dealership and I try to stay up to date with the problems they are seeing but have yet to hear of this. I can't say I'd be all that upset, because then it would leave me with no choice but to get the stage 5 ATS.

 

If it's that bad of a problem, I suspect we'll be seeing a lot of them fail before we get 70k on the clock.

 

Yeah, that problem is why you could only get an exhaust brake for a short period of time with the auto. The backpressure was trashing the thrust washer. It was supposed to be taken care of for 05 though.

 

I wonder if the guy was running an exhaust brake on the truck when all that happened? The article says bone stock but that was in reference to performance.

 

That report has been floating around for a while, prolly since late 2003. I dont know why they wouldn`t have changed that washer out yet.
I will say that i have almost 50,000, 10,000 of that with the Ez hooked up, and i have no problems.


I haven`t heard of anyone else on THESE boards have a problem with it yet either.

i will be watching this thread to see where it goes....

 

From what I heard the 03-05 with 48re has had the problems with the thrust washer during exhaust brake use only. What I understand is the back pressure on the transmission during brake use cause the thrust washer to fail

 

Aw heck! Hey Raspus! Dodge finally came out with a built up tranny that don't break! We gotta come up with sumpin quick or we'll be outa the $5k tranny upgrade bidness. How bout a washer that wears out at 5k miles and trashes the tranny? Nawp, better bump that up to 10k miles. There's already some with 5k on 'em. Crud, make that 50k, they're lastin man! We gotta instill some fear in these gullabulls quick, my ranch payment's due! Hey I got it! These ultra high performance hot rodders will come in for their upgrades to handle 700hp and 1100ft/lbs o' tark. We'll tell everone they drove like little old ladies goin' to church and look what happened to the washer! If ya don't buy our transmission upgrade yer doomed! Doomed I tell ya! Never mind Fred and Ethel with 150k on their '03 Teton hauler! Yer doooooomed!!! Ya'll pay up front now ya hear!