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Old 10-28-2017, 05:56 AM   #1
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noticed th350 slipping

my c20 th350 recently began slipping, have only noticed slip in first and reverse. am generally happy with th350 if I stick with it and rebuild, is it possible to have final third gear changed from 1.0 to say 0.90 ? running 4.1 rear gear but planning on changing that at some point.
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Old 10-28-2017, 07:39 AM   #2
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Re: noticed th350 slipping

Not possible. The unit is designed to run at 1:1 final drive. Not as simple as a gear change in a manual transmission. Even if you could, you would only have three gears and sacrifice 3rd.

I assume your fluid is topped off and it still slips. Does the fluid look burnt?
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Old 10-28-2017, 07:55 AM   #3
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Re: noticed th350 slipping

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my c20 th350 recently began slipping, have only noticed slip in first and reverse. am generally happy with th350 if I stick with it and rebuild, is it possible to have final third gear changed from 1.0 to say 0.90 ? running 4.1 rear gear but planning on changing that at some point.
... not possible, unless you're an engineer with access to hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of... oh wait, why not just rebuild it to original specifications and be driving it sooner rather than later...
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Old 10-29-2017, 05:28 PM   #4
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Re: noticed th350 slipping

3rd "gear" has no reduction, the power is transmitted at a 1:1 ratio straight through to the output shaft. Overdrive transmissions have another gearset for the task.
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Old 10-29-2017, 07:09 PM   #5
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Re: noticed th350 slipping

Look into putting a 200R4 into the truck...same length as a T350...has overdrive...and can be built pretty stout ,...

Just my two cents worth

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Old 10-29-2017, 07:11 PM   #6
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Re: noticed th350 slipping

Nothing in common with first and reverse. It would be strange to have those symptoms in common.

The gear set turns as a locked unit in third so no way to get an overdrive ratio
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