Getrag SST Exposed....Must read for X MR owners!!!!
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Getrag SST Exposed....Must read for X MR owners!!!!
We would like to share a little information that we have been documenting over the past year. We have had the opportunity to travel overseas and work on many SST transmissions. Several transmissions have sparked our interest. To date, we have documented 4 SST transmissions that have strange numbers hand engraved on the back of the clutch basket. We now know that this is a factory stamping. The factory clutch basket casing has a number stamped in it directly from Getrag. We believe that these are repair numbers, directly from Getrag...................
A brand new transmission does not have these numbers hand engraved on the back of the basket. What is even more curios, is that these hand engraved numbers have been documented in BRAND NEW cars. So the question is, How are these numbers being found in new vehicles.........well, we will let you decide.
Now the evidence............
More evidence.....I would say a clutch alignment tool was forgotten in the clutch basket. Yes, a factory clutch alignment tool was forgotten in a "Brand New" transmission, and it completely destroyed everything......WTF!!
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A brand new transmission does not have these numbers hand engraved on the back of the basket. What is even more curios, is that these hand engraved numbers have been documented in BRAND NEW cars. So the question is, How are these numbers being found in new vehicles.........well, we will let you decide.
Now the evidence............
More evidence.....I would say a clutch alignment tool was forgotten in the clutch basket. Yes, a factory clutch alignment tool was forgotten in a "Brand New" transmission, and it completely destroyed everything......WTF!!
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^^^ These have ONLY been found in over seas units. Personally I'm completely disgusted by the evidence we have found. Not once....but this is on the fourth separate occasions we have seen this second set of numbers on a brand new car. Kris and I decided that it would no longer be appropriate for us to just sit on this information. That's like going to a shop and paying for a brand new turbo kit.....and then they sell/install you a used kit!
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it should be getrag's fault in providing used X MR trannies to mitsubishi? since it is a sealed unit, there is no way for mitsubishi to check what is inside?
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So so far these "re-conditioned" clutch packs have NOT been found in North America? I could see them doing this if they were installing a re-conditioned transmission as a repair.... but on a brand new car this seems messed up.
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^^^ These have ONLY been found in over seas units. Personally I'm completely disgusted by the evidence we have found. Not once....but this is on the fourth separate occasions we have seen this second set of numbers on a brand new car. Kris and I decided that it would no longer be appropriate for us to just sit on this information. That's like going to a shop and paying for a brand new turbo kit.....and then they sell/install you a used kit!