TRNW-2: Transtar branded frictions

[Steve Everett]

     All I know is suppliers don't change vendors because of a higher
quality product ,  not once do they choose a different vendor that costs
them more because the products are better quality than what they previously
carried !    Anytime they change from what they carried to something else
its because they can save money on purchasing those items ,, but yet those
savings are not passed on to us the end user of those items

    Steve

On Tue, Feb 11, 2025 at 6:23 AM Fred Whitaker via trnw2 <trnw2 at trnw.net>
wrote:

>   When I do a 6T70 I go out of my way to get Exedy. I have no proof except
> the seat of my pants. But every one I have used them in shifts crisp but
> not harsh. Havn't had one with Exedy yet with the long drawn out 3rd that
> takes forever to adapt. I have no problem using them in Hondas and many
> others either.
>  When I worked at the GM dealer 15 years ago all Frictions each came in
> it's own separate package with bold letters that said "Made in China".
>  I don't like "made in China"  but in tooo many cases we have no choice!
> ------------------------------
> *From:* trnw2-bounces at trnw.net <trnw2-bounces at trnw.net> on behalf of
> Justin Merritt via trnw2 <trnw2 at trnw.net>
> *Sent:* Monday, February 10, 2025 8:15 PM
> *To:* Technical Discussion Forum <trnw2 at trnw.net>
> *Subject:* Re: TRNW-2: Transtar branded frictions
>
> I have to agree with Richard on these companies shooting for cheap. They
> buy cheap, send you what makes them the highest profit, and then what
> recourse do they have once we use the parts. Same stories from
> All the vendors, “first time I’ve heard of that.” My supplier changed
> brands of my 6l80 filters to gfx. Well I have been using them for a several
> months now. And then I had a come back with a split filter costing me. I
> sent the pic to my sales guy, and all I got was “I’ll send you a diffent
> brand.” So now I wonder how long it is going to take for the rest of the
> units I have out to have a problem.  So now I’ll use ac delco on these. Try
> my luck there. I’m getting more and more to using nothing but dealer parts
> in the transmission I build. Just maybe they are holding there standard of
> parts a little higher since their own techs are having to use the same
> parts.
>
> Justin
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Feb 10, 2025, at 7:04 PM, Richard Wardell via trnw2 <trnw2 at trnw.net>
> wrote:
>
> 
> Your hesitation is perfectly understandable considering the history with
> Chinese products.  I was among the millions who switched to RedNote after
> the TikTok ban.  It has been eye opening.  They have some of the most
> advanced stuff in the world.  They are building some of the most
> incredible stuff I have ever seen.   24,000 miles 40,000km of high speed
> rail.  We have 49.9 miles.  I think the problem with the quality is coming
> from the people who order the stuff.  They want cheap stuff they can make a
> lot of money off of and pass the blame back to the manufacture.  If those
> friction have a problem I would bet it's because some ordered cheap stuff
> instead of good stuff.  From what I have seen they're making lots of good
> stuff for people that want good stuff.
> Richard Wardell
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM Steve Everett via trnw2 <trnw2 at trnw.net>
> wrote:
>
>   Got a kit from Transtar for a 4L80e that came with a transtec paper
> rubber and a Transtar branded friction module ?   Builder I work with asked
> on the brotherhood who made these tstar branded frictions and was told they
> were Lintex,  having never heard of them I googled them, and what do you
> know ?   they're a Chinese company, and their website seriously sucks!
>  The frictions don't look bad, but they don't look impressive either ,  we
> don't get a lot from Tstar, but I think we'll be specifying we don't want
> these in the future
>
>    Steve
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