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jro909 Senior Enthusiast

jro909

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Lets get the top ten things that cause the death of the 60 together, mechanical components have been beaten to death as far as the sunshell and such...i'm looking for more day to day driving habits ETC...i'll add what i think first, experts feel free to chime in or shoot down examples...

 

1) stop and go traffic

2) heavy towing

3) lack of maintance

4) beating the snot out of the truck(pedal to the floor/redline)

5) burn outs and other retarded acts

6) too much torque(beefed up motor/motor swap)

7) slamming into gear while in motion

8) letting a woman drive your truck

9) short trips

10) dropping into park while still moving(steep hills and so on)

Wingnut Senior Enthusiast

Wingnut

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It being built on a Monday.

 

Seriously, I've had a couple of them go over 200k miles with nothing more than fluid and filter swaps every 50-75k miles or so. And that's driving them like I stole them from the guy that stole them.

 

But then I also had a truck that crapped out FOUR 4L70E's in less than 36k miles.

L76PWRD Enthusiast

L76PWRD

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It being built on a Monday.

 

Seriously, I've had a couple of them go over 200k miles with nothing more than fluid and filter swaps every 50-75k miles or so. And that's driving them like I stole them from the guy that stole them.

 

But then I also had a truck that crapped out FOUR 4L70E's in less than 36k miles.

 

 

Was the truck a TBSS?

KMGZ400 Senior Enthusiast

KMGZ400

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well i had a 4L60 go out on a babied 2003 suburban at 120,000 miles for no reason, was completley blown except for reverse. the truck was rarely floored, a lot of highway miles, never really offroad. this makes me wonder about the 4L60's. replaced it with a brand new 4L60 and its awesome, so smooth.-- this tranny went out 4000 miles after a trans fluid FLUSH which has me skeptical about flushing at high miles... not gonna do that again

 

my 2001, this 4L60 has 81,000 miles on it and is very much abused. burnouts, drifting, extreme offroading, hard acceleration, a few neutral slams here and there, and idk if high speeds are bad but its gone 127mph. its shits are good not really smooth but only a little shuddering here and there, still strong. i dont expect this tranny to last long and wont be suprised if it goes around the 110k mark.

 

i just got my 2003 4.8 with 4L60 not to long ago, with 80,000 miles on it and dont know its life, but it was owned by an old man and it shifts really good and smooth.

 

 

i need a 2500 next with a bigger tranny. screw these 1500's :thumbs:

hrspwr Enthusiast

hrspwr

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A buddy of mine that has been rebuilding tranny's for 20 years now, said that if you do not flush the tranny within the first 60k km and then on a regular basis afterwords.......Don't do it at all. The reason being the tranny gets use to the thickness/thinness of the oil and when you put new fresh stuff it starts to slip and what not.

 

I am surprised no one said my personal fav......Neutral Drops!

Vortec-Z71 Enthusiast

Vortec-Z71

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Lets get the top ten things that cause the death of the 60 together, mechanical components have been beaten to death as far as the sunshell and such...i'm looking for more day to day driving habits ETC...i'll add what i think first, experts feel free to chime in or shoot down examples...

 

1) stop and go traffic

2) heavy towing

3) lack of maintance

4) beating the snot out of the truck(pedal to the floor/redline)

5) burn outs and other retarded acts

6) too much torque(beefed up motor/motor swap)

7) slamming into gear while in motion

8) letting a woman drive your truck

9) short trips

10) dropping into park while still moving(steep hills and so on)

 

 

#8 will do it :thumbs:

KMGZ400 Senior Enthusiast

KMGZ400

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number 8 isnt allowed in my truck. i will remain the only driver of my truck. my girlfriend is the worst driver in existence. i let her take my dually to the store when i had it, never again.

thebandnerd03 Enthusiast

thebandnerd03

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i AGREE #8 should be number one. my girl friend had an s10 that she beat the shit out of and always got stuck in the ditch. Lord knows what she would do with my k2500 if she got her hands on it

tanked_darren Senior Enthusiast

tanked_darren

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well i had a 4L60 go out on a babied 2003 suburban at 120,000 miles for no reason, was completley blown except for reverse. the truck was rarely floored, a lot of highway miles, never really offroad. this makes me wonder about the 4L60's. replaced it with a brand new 4L60 and its awesome, so smooth.-- this tranny went out 4000 miles after a trans fluid FLUSH which has me skeptical about flushing at high miles... not gonna do that again

 

 

Trans flushing is a bad idea, pan drop and filter change is good enough.

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