TRNW-2: Nissan CVT supplier

[Chris and Cathy Kershaw]

I do buy axle nuts, ball joint bolts/nuts, basically any life & death
hardware that service info says to replace. Not sure what's included in the
above mentioned bolt kit though.

On Thu, Aug 14, 2025 at 11:04 AM jeff gonzalez via trnw2 <trnw2 at trnw.net>
wrote:

> We have been buying them from transtar and haven’t had a problem yet and
> we do a lot of them. Dealer always trying to charge you for bs !!! Not
> really sure why you need to buy the bolts for it?
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Aug 14, 2025, at 9:20 AM, pat schulte via trnw2 <trnw2 at trnw.net> wrote:
>
> 
> I buy Berkeley Standard reman VBs from Transtar. I have had good luck with
> them.
>
> On Thu, Aug 14, 2025 at 7:16 AM Chris and Cathy Kershaw via trnw2 <
> trnw2 at trnw.net> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for all the replies. Looks like we’ll be doing dealer on these 2.
>> I’d like to build them but need to find a source for oe valve bodies, any
>> suggestions ? The dealer wants 1950 each for the valve body on the 2 we
>> have here now. Hard to build it when the unit is 2750. The whole job for
>> the dealer unit with tax here is right around 6000.
>>
>>
>> The dealer units having a 3 year warranty now is pretty good. I
>> originally started on the Berkeley units because of the 2 year warranty
>> and no core charge. Our dealer parts department says need to buy fluid with
>> the transmission, nothing about a bolt kit. I have programmed these in
>> house but it’s quite time consuming and seems proof is needed when there’s
>> a warranty issue. I’ve been trailering them to Nissan for programming when
>> we do dealer units. Using Transtar’s rap for the Transtar units.
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 14, 2025 at 8:21 AM <jbockus at hiwaay.net> wrote:
>>
>>> We have installed several factory remans over the years and never had an
>>> issue with one, until this week! Had a 2017 Altima come back with 5000
>>> miles on it, it pulls forward in every gear and has several transmission
>>> codes, including the judder code. We always purchase the one-time
>>> fastener kit which they now require in order to give the 36 month,
>>> unlimited mileage warranty and we have them towed to the dealer for
>>> programming, including the ones that come with the CD to erase the
>>> Judder code. We did all that with this one and have all our
>>> documentation. We are now waiting to hear from the service manager who
>>> was out yesterday to see what they are going to do. So far they are
>>> saying that if they find that it was a defect in their product, that
>>> they will replace the transmission themselves free of charge. We will
>>> see, and I will keep the group updated.
>>>
>>> On 2025-08-14 6:17 am, Fred Whitaker via trnw2 wrote:
>>> > I have been using dealer CVT's for the most part since I changed
>>> > jobs 4 or 5 years ago.  I'm sure if the need arises they will still
>>> > run you through the ringer. But the fact is,in those 4 or 5 years I
>>> > can't remember a single one we had a problem with.
>>> >
>>> > -------------------------
>>> >
>>> > From: trnw2-bounces at trnw.net <trnw2-bounces at trnw.net> on behalf of
>>> > Chris Kershaw via trnw2 <trnw2 at trnw.net>
>>> > Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2025 12:25 PM
>>> > To: trnw2 at trnw.net <trnw2 at trnw.net>
>>> > Subject: TRNW-2: Nissan CVT supplier
>>> >
>>> > Date: Wed Aug 13 10:25:15 PDT 2025
>>> > Subject: Nissan CVT supplier
>>> >
>>> > Group, we've installed several nissan dealer cvt units and several
>>> > transmaxx/berkley standard units. My dealer warranty experiences of
>>> > the past make me steer towards aftermarket units when it's possible .
>>> > Transtar is currently sold out of a 17 rogue 2.5 unit, I have 2
>>> > sitting here sold. Are there any other good sources out there? I know
>>> > wit had units but not sure what they really are and we don't have much
>>> > support there. Might just have to go dealer on these 2.
>>> >
>>> > Chris Kershaw
>>> > Kershaw Services Llc The Gear Box
>>> > Mechanicsville, Maryland USA
>>> > TRNW Member Since: 5/1/2023
>>> > This message was sent from the TRNW Technical Discussion Forum
>>> (trnw2).
>>> > You were sent this message because you have subscribed to our mailing
>>> > list. If you don't want to receive these emails from TRNW in the
>>> > future, please unsubscribe here:
>>> > https://www.trnw.net/unsubscribe.php?forum=2
>>> > TRNW Inc., 2825 Walnut Terrace, Modesto, CA 95355
>>>
>> This message was sent from the TRNW Technical Discussion Forum (trnw2).
>> You were sent this message because you have subscribed to our mailing list.
>> If you don't want to receive these emails from TRNW in the future, please
>> unsubscribe here:
>> https://www.trnw.net/unsubscribe.php?forum=2
>> TRNW Inc., 2825 Walnut Terrace, Modesto, CA 95355
>
>
>
> --
> Pat Schulte
> AAMCO Transmissions
> Temecula, Ca.
> This message was sent from the TRNW Technical Discussion Forum (trnw2).
> You were sent this message because you have subscribed to our mailing list.
> If you don't want to receive these emails from TRNW in the future, please
> unsubscribe here:
> https://www.trnw.net/unsubscribe.php?forum=2
> TRNW Inc., 2825 Walnut Terrace, Modesto, CA 95355
>
> This message was sent from the TRNW Technical Discussion Forum (trnw2).
> You were sent this message because you have subscribed to our mailing list.
> If you don't want to receive these emails from TRNW in the future, please
> unsubscribe here:
> https://www.trnw.net/unsubscribe.php?forum=2
> TRNW Inc., 2825 Walnut Terrace, Modesto, CA 95355
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.trnw.net/pipermail/trnw2/attachments/20250814/acf19856/attachment-0001.html>