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Re: Disappointed in my gear ratio choice.
I am in the truck and 4wd industry and have seen carnage even with 'built' 700s. They will hold together, but not with constant hard useage. They start fading away after about 40-50k miles, then you're up for another 'built' unit. They just don't seem to go the distance with real truck use such as a larger HP output or any type of towing distance, it is not really a 'truck transmission' in my opinion. I went through 3 of them when I had my 1990 suburban. The factory unit started giving out at about 140k miles so I went with a 'heavy duty built' unit because I was towing stuff for the shop to Moab and such, plus my travel trailer occasionally-- lasted about 25k when it started not wanting to shift correctly and slipping. So I a said screw it and just bolted in a Factory GM replacement with a national warranty. About 10 months later I sold it. Plus there are numerous other stories with customers vehicles.
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