I ended up going with the 5009 because i liked the 64 od and higher torque rating gave me some margin for safety with slicks. It turns out that tko 500600 has a significant design flaw that tremec knows about and chooses not to fix for ease of production and cost reasons.
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Tremec tko 500 problems. The tko 500600 uses a total of nine pads for a complete transmission. According to the build tag was a sept 17 build date. Or 07 i guess but i doubt that i was concerned about getting an old stock item but it was reasonably new. If the input shaft on a tremec tko has the slightest drag or misalignment in it and spins in neutral you are going to have that grief. Does not fit tr3550 or any other model see separate listings. Jump to latest follow.
Fits tremec tko 500 600 5 speed aftermarket transmissions. The flaw affects third gear. Problems with tko 500. This is the 1 2 fork with three pads while the fifth gear fork uses only two. Got a good deal on a pro 50 shifter for a tko 500. I have a tr3550 which seems to have a similar bolt pattern except for two bolts which are narrower than the rest whereas the tko shifter is a rectangular shape.
The tko input shaft seems to need perfect alignment and perfect fit to the pilot bearing center any misalignment will cause the input shaft to rotate casing grief in shifting. Walsh says some early tkos used two pads on the.
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