I'm still working on putting my AT back together. I ran into a couple parts in the area of the planetary gear sets that are called thrust washers. There are 2 of these guys, that are a nylon or plastic looking material with 3 lugs that engage into the planet gear holders. The have 3 places on them that are sort of thinner, which looks like it is to promote oil flowing into the bearing surface. So I was cleaning parts up to reassemble, and broke one of these thrust washers. I took apart my known bad spare tranny to see how they looked in there. One looked OK, and the other was about 80% gone! What was left looked somewhat melted. Yikes, I thought, I better just get 2 new ones for my tranny. I then went to order a replacement for the part # on the part (010 323 291 B) and they say they only have it without the "B." That the "B" is a revision, usually applied when the part manufacturer changes. I got the parts today from the dealer, and they are metal instead of plastic. I have measured them all over and they seem to have the same dimensions. So I wonder if I have the right part here? Maybe the newest version is metal? Anybody replaced these thrust washers lately? Thanks, Edward |
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