![]() On the 68RFE It doesn't look like you need any special tools except for a press (or c-clamps), retaining ring pliers, some feeler gauges, and a dial gauge indicator to set the end play. The VW transmission was pretty simple but the way it gets assembled makes it very easy to damage the internal parts - when you bolt the case back together many pieces need to be lined up simultaneously which makes it quite an ordeal, and if you miss something you are going to bend a shaft or break something ![]() GM also designed the transmission with the wrong 3rd clutch clearance - the transmissions are out of GM spec even when new - had to manufacture parts to fix that. Crazy chain drive inside the transmission. Lots of special tools required for the GM transmission. 3 piece valve body with the oil pump integrated and 10? solenoids is very complicated to put together. I spent 8+ hours cleaning out the GM valvebody with a tiny little paintbrush in a parts washer to get rid of the metal "paste" that was spread out through the transmission. Clean is good - a clean transmission is much easier to rebuild. No bands to deal with, and the cartridge filter seems to keep the fluid very clean. Once you remove the valve body and the 6 oil pump bolts everything comes out easy, in simple to understand assemblies. The 68RFE is vastly easier to work on than either of those. Click to expand.So far i've rebuilt a VW DSG and a GM 4T65E in my garage.
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