Thread: 700 R4 trams converter

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Originally Posted by 36 sedan

Are you sure you spun the converter until it engaged both sprockets (two clicks and movements towards the tranny)? I would spin it again while pushing slightly towards the tranny just to be sure.

I agree. On my 700R4 I thought I'd heard/felt the two distinct "clunks" but decided to spin it one more time and got an even bigger "CLUNK" as it engaged the pump. Mating it to the engine there was less than 1/2" of freeplay between the converter bolt tabs and the flex plate. Can't hurt to spin it around again.

Originally Posted by rspears

I agree. On my 700R4 I thought I'd heard/felt the two distinct "clunks" but decided to spin it one more time and got an even bigger "CLUNK" as it engaged the pump. Mating it to the engine there was less than 1/2" of freeplay between the converter bolt tabs and the flex plate. Can't hurt to spin it around again.

Thanks, I will try it again tomorrow and let you know what happens.

Originally Posted by rspears

I agree. On my 700R4 I thought I'd heard/felt the two distinct "clunks" but decided to spin it one more time and got an even bigger "CLUNK" as it engaged the pump. Mating it to the engine there was less than 1/2" of freeplay between the converter bolt tabs and the flex plate. Can't hurt to spin it around again.

Well my son and I spent about an hr this morning trying to get
the converter on correctly. It will go into the first click, but when
we spin converter for the 2nd click or clunk it will not engage.
Thinking about taking it to a trans shop for an opinion before
sending converter back to Summit

Originally Posted by rdobbs

Thinking about taking it to a trans shop for an opinion before
sending converter back to Summit

I'd either take it to a tranny shop or find a friend who's well versed in installing automatics. I watched this video from Monster before I did mine, Part 1 and 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBecwkd1rPg