What is a "band adjustment"?

From : martin

Q: dont have a service manual but the owners guide says to perform a band adjustment whenever the transmission fluid and filter are changed. anyone have a procedure for this band adjustment thanks martin on aug 12 1253=a0pm martin funkychateaus...@yahoo.com wrote 1996 dodge maxi van 3500 series 1 ton 15-passenger bus. =a0158000 miles. =a05.9 liter 360 ci v-8 automatic. for a few weeks it was slow to shift out of first gear. =a0you could let off on the accelerator and encourage it to upshift but it tended to stay in lower gear a little too long otherwise. =a0then it stopped shifting out of first at all. fluid wasnt really low but i tried very slightly overfilling it and this cleared up the problem - temporarily. =a0next day it once again wouldnt shift out of first. =a0then it stopped pulling in first gear and now only has reverse. =a0this progression from sluggish to inoperable occured over about a two-day period. pulled the pan and filter. =a0it looked as if it had never been taken off. =a0lots of sludge stuck to magnet total of about 1/4 teaspoon of aluminum filings recovered from pan. =a0maybe thats normal for 12 years and 160k miles i dont know. =a0this is my first auto transmission problem. friend advised me to clean it up good replace filter pu

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From : tom lawrence

thanks ken i downloaded and saved it. looks pretty simple. its not complicated by a long shot. but depending on the specific vehicle you may find working on the front band adjuster a little cramped doing the adjustment on my 03 pickup was a breeze compared to the 00 durango i was just working on. a crows foot is very handy for getting at the front adjuster locknut. .

From : martin

thanks ken i downloaded and saved it. looks pretty simple. martin on aug 14 838=a0am nosey kfre...@removethis.hotmail.com wrote martin wrote dont have a service manual but the owners guide says to perform a band adjustment whenever the transmission fluid and filter are changed. =a0anyone have a procedure for this band adjustment band adjustmenthttp//www.dodgeram.org/tech/transmission/automatic/atba= ndadj.htm -- ken .

From : nosey

martin wrote dont have a service manual but the owners guide says to perform a band adjustment whenever the transmission fluid and filter are changed. anyone have a procedure for this band adjustment band adjustment http//www.dodgeram.org/tech/transmission/automatic/atbandadj.htm -- ken .