Another transbrake thread, & tires

[Michael Pliska]

Originally Posted by Bill Baer

63 Corvette

I build my own powerglides and have been using a (cast iron) Trans king pro-brake an I was interested when you describled shimming the solenoid to improve reaction times do you need to disassemble and install only part of the valve body so you can see when the valve uncovers the port that drops reverse?
I'm a little confused.

Bill Baer

Just bumping this thread to see if anyone has any input. I want to do this on an old TCI trans brake, but not sure what I should be looking for. With just the pan off, can you see enough of the piston into the valve body to know how much to shim?

Thanks,