Seaton Legacy Donating Member 537 Member For: 14y 25d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 03/04/15 10:42 PM Posted 03/04/15 10:42 PM Ratter, curious to whether you guys rebuild ZFs in house or sublet them?
FiftyOne Legacy Donating Member 1,145 Member For: 13y 2m 20d Gender: Male Posted 03/04/15 10:58 PM Posted 03/04/15 10:58 PM (edited) Does it have clutch pack clearances etc?Can't say it does from memory, but it is a very comprehensive breakdownAre the clutches the main "flogging out" point or are there other things that tend to wear? Edited 03/04/15 10:59 PM by FiftyOne
ratter Member 6,793 Member For: 20y 3m 25d Gender: Male Location: @ my laptop Posted 04/04/15 12:14 AM Posted 04/04/15 12:14 AM clutches are the main thing that wears in most boxes, clearance is one of the main things that will influence what the box will shift like, we have done boxes but our ZF programme is still in R&D 4
loop it Member 62 Member For: 11y 6m 28d Posted 06/04/15 08:36 PM Author Posted 06/04/15 08:36 PM I looked on CMS' website and they recommend no zf tune and also dont modify the valve body ... but what about shot peened and cryo treated shafts are they really going to be strong enough ?
OZYWALKER XR50T Legacy Donating Member 2,795 Member For: 13y 4m 20d Gender: Male Location: Western Sydney Posted 07/04/15 12:42 AM Posted 07/04/15 12:42 AM ^^^^Give them a call and they'll go into more detail.
TomT Spooling Member Legacy Donating Member 961 Member For: 14y 9m 15d Gender: Male Location: Blue Mountains, NSW Posted 07/04/15 01:12 AM Posted 07/04/15 01:12 AM Yeah the CMS website is a bit out of date with their ZF build page. They can now offer exedy clutches and billet input shaft. Give Joe a ring and he'll talk you through it.
loop it Member 62 Member For: 11y 6m 28d Posted 07/04/15 10:45 AM Author Posted 07/04/15 10:45 AM I spoke to joe and he had heaps of time for me! I was very impressed he would spend that much time talking to a total stranger... I need to save some money ...... 4
20pounds Member 180 Member For: 17y 11m 27d Gender: Male Posted 16/06/15 07:55 AM Posted 16/06/15 07:55 AM Here is some good info on rebuilding them.http://5series.net/forums/e60-discussion-2/rebuilding-6hp26-trans-soon-550i-133421/http://www.scribd.com/doc/20322431/Repair-Manualhttp://www.rangerovers.net/forum/6-range-rover-mark-iii-l322/44034-zf-6hp26-teardown.htmlhttp://www.thectsc.com/catalog/6hp26/28/32-8.html 1
Z2TT Member 714 Member For: 14y 3m 26d Posted 16/06/15 11:57 AM Posted 16/06/15 11:57 AM Now what I really have been wondering, Automatic boxes are very complicated machines, I have pulled many apart.So I'd be very careful over who I let rebuild the box unless they have every single factory spec like clearances etc that ratter mentionedI just don't see how every single workshop can be offering ZF Rebuilds themselves, I would only have an Auto trans shop do it.
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