[r_bragg]

Me and my buddy installed the Sonnax/ Tricumm in my truck last weekend and it has been shift rather hard in my opinion from what ive read it should. It is actuall kinda jerky. I was wondering if we could have done something wrong. The only thing that didn't go as planned was that both the stock springs on one side fell out at one time. They had slightly differnt coloring and we werent sure we put them back in in the same order they fell out does that matter?

 

[WUNDERHOOT]

I DONT KNOW ABOUT the colors on teh springs.

but i do know that when i first put the kit in my truck it was a little jerky also. but a few days later i put a 80 HP tune in my truck it all smothed out prety much i think that ading horse power smothes it out. and also when i tow it is smoth as silk it is the best when towing. i think that adding load smoths it out.

 

[AJJCARR]

Don't quote me on this (im sure one of the tranny x-perts will chime in soon anyway).... I do now that the 4th gear spring is a different color than the 2nd or 3rd gear is. (maybe blue and other 2 are white - can't recall). Which gear is shifting hard - or all of them? I have found that typically 3-4 is quite firm, 2-3 a little firm (about right) and 1-2 not quite firm enough when I put the line valve/sping kits in (i've done 3 or 4 of them and all of then shifted this way.)

JMHO /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[r_bragg]

I think that might be my problem I think the springs were put back in wrong. Does anyone know the exact postion of all 3 of them? My buddy said he thought thy were three differnt colors like a metal a white and a blue but im not sure I didnt actually see what colors they were he put them back in. Thanks for the help guys.

 

[Richter69]

which gears are too firm? The spring kits I get from Sonnax have three springs, there is only one that is different from the others. The set up in my VB uses the factory outer springs, white in the 2nd and 3rd, blue in the 4th. The 3rd and 4th also have a plain inner spring. It almost sounds like the counter spring on the line mod valve got left out if all are too firm, mainly at light and part throttle. Shoot me a link to the spring kit you used if you can and maybe I can sort it out for ya.