Hello everyone! Just stopping by with a few questions about 42RLE rebuilding. The jeep in question has 190k and has been ours since about 150k. As far as I know, the transmission had never been rebuilt.
The first thing odd about the transmission is that it is physically difficult to shift out of Park sometimes, and this is obviously exacerbated when on any kind of an incline. I understand the issue of using the e-brake on a hill to hold the jeep so the force is not on the transmission parts, but this does often seem to be the case on flat ground as well. Once out of park, it shifts freely into the other gears as well. I know that there is the safety feature of the brake lock that could be involved with this as well. This hard shift happens often enough to destroy my shift linkage bushing relatively quickly. I've replaced it twice now.
Now, with it's features, I believe this jeep has the 3.55 gears in it. We did a 2" lift, and put 33's on it. Obviously, this bogged down the transmission, understandably. My concern is that the transmission seems to lug around in low RPMs much longer than it seems like it should. Uphill on the highway, it'll just bog down, instead of simply downshifting. Mind you, I've never felt any slipping of the clutch, and when it does shift, it's always smooth (i.e. no clunking or knocking).
I've had the fluid replaced a couple of times by mechanics, and both times they said the fluid was looking pretty dirty.
So, my questions for you folks are:
1. Does this sound like a rebuild scenario? Or should I focus my efforts for the hard shifting issue more to things like the brake lock not fully disengaging?
2. If a rebuild does happen, is there any reasonable way to change the internal gears of the transmission to make the 33's a little more manageable, or is a differential gear change the only way to achieve that effect?
Thank you!
The first thing odd about the transmission is that it is physically difficult to shift out of Park sometimes, and this is obviously exacerbated when on any kind of an incline. I understand the issue of using the e-brake on a hill to hold the jeep so the force is not on the transmission parts, but this does often seem to be the case on flat ground as well. Once out of park, it shifts freely into the other gears as well. I know that there is the safety feature of the brake lock that could be involved with this as well. This hard shift happens often enough to destroy my shift linkage bushing relatively quickly. I've replaced it twice now.
Now, with it's features, I believe this jeep has the 3.55 gears in it. We did a 2" lift, and put 33's on it. Obviously, this bogged down the transmission, understandably. My concern is that the transmission seems to lug around in low RPMs much longer than it seems like it should. Uphill on the highway, it'll just bog down, instead of simply downshifting. Mind you, I've never felt any slipping of the clutch, and when it does shift, it's always smooth (i.e. no clunking or knocking).
I've had the fluid replaced a couple of times by mechanics, and both times they said the fluid was looking pretty dirty.
So, my questions for you folks are:
1. Does this sound like a rebuild scenario? Or should I focus my efforts for the hard shifting issue more to things like the brake lock not fully disengaging?
2. If a rebuild does happen, is there any reasonable way to change the internal gears of the transmission to make the 33's a little more manageable, or is a differential gear change the only way to achieve that effect?
Thank you!
