TRNW-2: 10R80 pump bolts

[Ryan D]

I torque nearly everything. One thing I don't torque is 4L60E bellhousing
bolts. I use my milwaukee 3/8 impact. Pumps,
Tail housings, VBs, pans all get the torque wrench.

On Wednesday, April 9, 2025, Dan Hogan via trnw2 <trnw2 at trnw.net> wrote:

>  Use the updated factory bolts and a torque wrench to tighten to spec.
> Impacts to teardown but the days of impact assembly is gone.  A speed
> handle is your friend.
>
>
> Pumps and valvebodies need care.
>
> ---
>
>
> Dan Hogan
>
> Buster's Transmission Service
>
> https://busterstransmission.com
>
> 704.847.5321
> ------------------------------
> *From:* trnw2-bounces at trnw.net <trnw2-bounces at trnw.net> on behalf of
> Steve Everett via trnw2 <trnw2 at trnw.net>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 9, 2025 8:00 AM
> *To:* Technical Discussion Forum <trnw2 at trnw.net>
> *Subject:* TRNW-2: 10R80 pump bolts
>
>   I just had a 10R80 I built a couple weeks ago come back leaking out the
> front,  virtually all the pump bolts were loose,  I did not reuse the
> factory ones, but used the ones in the Precision kits,  which have the
> cheesey silicone applied around the bolt head,   So either I didn't get
> them tight enough originally ?  which may simply be what happened, I
> typically put them in with my speed handle, tighten them with my battery
> powered impact, and recheck them with my speed handle, but I could have
> been distracted during that process or pulled off to do something else ?
> who knows ?
>
>    What are most of ya'll using on these ?  the later design Ford bolts ?
> or using these cheesey ones and maybe adding some locktite or adding a dab
> of silicone ?
>
>   Steve
>


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Ryan
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