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velvet drive
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 5:29 am
by trojanmanXS
Another dumb one here . My son is currently still in high school and goes to auto tech school as well. What I gather is the kid is a natural and has shown a real knack for this and the school allows the students to bring in their own projects , vehicles ect and the teacher will oversee the repairs and replacement. If I were to give him the tranny to rebuild where would I look for as well as what am I looking for to purchase ? do they a complete rebuild kit available?
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 6:34 am
by g36
have tried googling "velvet drive rebuild kit"?
theres like a million references to rebuild kits and all kinds of info on the transmission rebuild. plenty of places to purchase parts
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 7:02 am
by prowlersfish
Easy to find parts . I have a servic man ( 2 of them ). on them . If you want it PM me your email address and I will send it to you
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 8:54 am
by Stripermann2
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 4:33 pm
by rossjo
bingo
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 5:14 pm
by jefflaw35
found a tag in my shop vac yesterday that belongs to my velvet drive. carefully restored it today and it doesnt have any of those numbers on it. guess i got sum searching to do
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 6:07 pm
by prowlersfish
most likely says 10-17 ( that would be a 71 series ) or a 10-18 ( 72 series )
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 6:19 pm
by jefflaw35
Yeppers 10-17-004 looking it up now. Some reveiws are saying that the 71 series was a little better than the 72. kinda neat I was able to restore this tag. It was unreadable, under 3 layers of paint and thin rust. Brought her back to about 95% and clear coated it
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 6:25 pm
by prowlersfish
The 71 and 72 are almost the same . The 72 is made to take more horse power , they will inter change . the only real difference outside is the 72 is just under a inch longer .
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 6:28 pm
by jefflaw35
ok i just read something about 1 plate vrs 2 in the 71 and plastic vrs steel. amazing how reading alot different things at once will blog your mind.
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 6:32 pm
by prowlersfish
some have fiber clutch plates and some have bronze plates . both work well . I all ways used the bronze when over hauling them . The 72 has more plates BTW but are the same part ( same over haul kit )
And don't worry about the 71 , its rated for 300 hp at 4000 rpm . ( from the graft.) Good Gear.
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 6:48 pm
by jefflaw35
cool, the lay out looks like a simple build. my harley davidson 75 built-in tranny looks like it was harder to rebuild than this, but that is always easier said than done
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 6:50 pm
by prowlersfish
It simple as far as trans go . its like a 1 speed automatic.
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 7:01 pm
by jefflaw35
thats what it looks like to me LOL. sweet saves me $. my linkage is broken and case is severly rusted, guess ill see after its blasted and cleaned up
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 10:02 pm
by jefflaw35
thanks Jamie that was a huge help. I really do appreciate it and thanks to Capt. Ross