Well on the way home the other day and getting onto the expressway and noticed that litterally all of the sudden I have a 2-3 flare going on. I am at a total loss as what to do at this point I have approx 25000 on "this" trans and now it is starting to act funny! The first goround I only put in the converter, valvebody, inputshaft, and flex plate. This second goround I bit the bullet(after trashing the first) and went with the alto red clutches kevlar bands new converter piston and some other part that never breaks. Well, what I would like to know is, is there a fix for this or are my just up a creek uuntil this one bites the bullet??? This whole trans thing is getting to be very expensive!! I'd like to do more to the truck but every time I get ahead it seems like I have to drop another couple grand into the trans. By the way it is an 04.5 with the 48re. Thanks for your help

 

Check the band adjustment.

 

how much power are you running thru it?

 

It's a VB issue.

Who's valve body are you running?

 

I did not mean a "converter piston" its some kind of piston tho. Front hub piston?? Anyways, I'm runnin the smarty, set of 100 injectors, tst, big floor it pump, fass, cam, springs, port & polish job, water/meth, I think thats all. But, not all at the same time that this "flare" happened. It's a suncoast valvebody. I did some searching on here for trans flares and found a couple of posts but the reply was " band adjustment is "bs"" it is old school and does not work. Thanks for all of your help guys. I just DO NOT want to buy another trans.

 

Thanks omaha. How do I go about addressing this?

 

A loose band will do the same thing.