Inline Tranny Filter Housing Stuck
Inline Tranny Filter Housing Stuck
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glm racers,
Yep exactly what "glm racers" said. If you don't have an impact wrench and you have to use a breaker bar make damn sure you have someone or something to support the housing so you don't break any lines or fittings.
I think FMC has a 2000Lb Gorilla they use to put the filter housing on at the factory, they are damn tight the first time you remove them. Lube well or put a little anti seize on the threads before you put it back on.
Yep exactly what "glm racers" said. If you don't have an impact wrench and you have to use a breaker bar make damn sure you have someone or something to support the housing so you don't break any lines or fittings.
I think FMC has a 2000Lb Gorilla they use to put the filter housing on at the factory, they are damn tight the first time you remove them. Lube well or put a little anti seize on the threads before you put it back on.
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Actually an electric impact is the ticket for this particular job.
The breaker bar can bend the filter bracket and air can be used but do turn it down some like GLM mentioned.
OR, just go by a cheep electric if you have neither.
The breaker bar can bend the filter bracket and air can be used but do turn it down some like GLM mentioned.
OR, just go by a cheep electric if you have neither.
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Originally Posted by origcharger
I have an air impact and so far its not budging at 60 psi.
Thanks everyone, I am about to the point of making sure there is a new one in the area before I go further.
Thanks everyone, I am about to the point of making sure there is a new one in the area before I go further.
I used long breeze clamps and wrapped them across the frame to secure the housing to the frame.
Just remember that lefty=loosy and righty=tighty when your down there laying on your back looking at the cap. I've made the same mistake while using a long bar to remove the cap and hence why I now use an impact wrench.
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i spun mine off with an ingersoll rand air impact with it cranked up. don't know exactly how much of the gun i actually used but i just took it easy and it spun right off. breaker bar did nothing for me. it was the first time i changed it at 15,000 miles. didn't torque the bracket at all with the air gun.
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Ok, thanks, I kept turning up the air pressure untill I got it off. This was on an E450 van so I was thinking that tranny filter housing was the same composite plastic material that the engine oil filter housing is made of so I maybe was more concerned about breakage than I needed to be.
I did notice that the plate with the spring that goes under the element had numerous cracks in it so wouldn't you know I had to order parts afterall.
I did notice that the plate with the spring that goes under the element had numerous cracks in it so wouldn't you know I had to order parts afterall.
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Originally Posted by origcharger
Ok, thanks, I kept turning up the air pressure untill I got it off. This was on an E450 van so I was thinking that tranny filter housing was the same composite plastic material that the engine oil filter housing is made of so I maybe was more concerned about breakage than I needed to be.
I did notice that the plate with the spring that goes under the element had numerous cracks in it so wouldn't you know I had to order parts afterall.
I did notice that the plate with the spring that goes under the element had numerous cracks in it so wouldn't you know I had to order parts afterall.
On my F250 both the cap and housing are made of poor quality cast aluminum with pitting and all, but it does meet the minimum design requirements. <O
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