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September 10, 2019
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Protect Against 6T40 & 6T70 3-5-R Failures & Salvage Damaged Drums with Sonnax Drum Saver Kits

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Sonnax 3-5-R Drum Saver Kit​​​​​​​Anyone who has ever worked on GM Gen. 1 6T40/45/50 and 6T70/75 transmissions is familiar with the problem of the 3-5-R waved plate breaking in ’07–’09 models. It’s not uncommon in later units, either. 

You can stop worrying about broken plates and even salvage damaged drums when you replace every one with a Sonnax drum saver kit. The combination of an improved waved plate and custom steel plate work together for top-notch protection against comebacks.

Watch this video to learn how these simple, affordable kits improve the quality of any 6T40 or 6T70 series rebuild. Смотреть видео на русском

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6T40 (Gen. 2) Transmission 6T45 (Gen. 2) Transmission 6T50 (Gen. 2) Transmission 6T70 (Gen. 1) Transmission 6T75 (Gen. 1) Transmission 6T75 (Gen. 2) Transmission 6T70 (Gen. 2) Transmission 6T50 (Gen. 1) Transmission 6T40 (Gen. 1) Transmission 6T45 (Gen. 1) Transmission


Related Parts

Required

Recommended

6T70 (Gen. 1), 6T70 (Gen. 2), 6T75 (Gen. 1), 6T75 (Gen. 2) 3-5-R Drum Saver Kit 124555K

6T70 (Gen. 1), 6T70 (Gen. 2), 6T75 (Gen. 1), 6T75 (Gen. 2)

3-5-R Drum Saver Kit 124555K

    Helps cure:
  • Code P0776
  • Flare shifts
  • Harsh Reverse
  • No Reverse
  • 2-3 Harsh
  • No 3rd
  • 4-5 Harsh
  • No 5th

Required

Recommended

6T40 (Gen. 1), 6T40 (Gen. 2), 6T41 (Gen. 3 6T40), 6T45 (Gen. 1), 6T45 (Gen. 2), 6T46 (Gen. 3 6T40), 6T50 (Gen. 1), 6T50 (Gen. 2), 6T51 (Gen. 3 6T40) 3-5-R Drum Saver Kit 144555K

6T40 (Gen. 1), 6T40 (Gen. 2), 6T41 (Gen. 3 6T40), 6T45 (Gen. 1), 6T45 (Gen. 2), 6T46 (Gen. 3 6T40), 6T50 (Gen. 1), 6T50 (Gen. 2), 6T51 (Gen. 3 6T40)

3-5-R Drum Saver Kit 144555K

    Helps cure:
  • Code P0776
  • Flare shifts
  • Harsh Reverse
  • No Reverse
  • 2-3 Harsh
  • No 3rd
  • 4-5 Harsh
  • No 5th

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