Sparky8370
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I purchased a kit from PATC. It is supposed to hold 1000 horsepower.
The part number is #1000 SRK-L4
First off I would like some opinions on the condition/useability of this kit. I checked it out tonight. One of the c5 clutches seems to have some chips out of the edges. I don't have a very fine micrometer, but the thickness of this disk is almost 2/28ths of an inch on it. At the biggest chip, it's about 1.5/28ths. It's shown here at the point of my knife.
Here are several pics of the c2 clutches. In the first one you can see a chip at the end of the micrometer. It's folded up, it hasn't come off completely. The other pics show how the fiber is off center on the metal. At one edge you can see metal both from above the disk and from the pics of the edge. On the opposite side, you can not see the metal and it hangs slightly over the edge.
The c4 clutch seems to be partially glazed from moving around during shipping.
The torque converter has many scratches and dings in it from shipping. The bolts were underneath it and the plastic bag was torn from the tc rubbing on it. There is a big ding in the front of it that was there before it was painted. You may not be able to see it. The box had some sort of cardboard piece for the tc to sit on, but it was really a joke as it was crushed completly. It smelled like the paint was still wet, and I think it was when it was packaged. You can see the marks from the foam wrapping touching it when it was wet.
My suggestions to them for shipping would be:
Torque converter- Tape the bag of bolts to the tc so they don't end up underneath it.
Use the expandable foam packaging below and above it instead of the foam wrapper and egg carton style cardboard under it.
Clutch discs- Put a piece of heavy paper between the discs so there is less chance of damage.
Use expandable foam, or tightly package peanuts, in main package to prevent the shifting around.
Use much heavier duty boxes to ship instead of recycling used boxes with labels scratched out with sharpie.
Label the boxes with part numbers. Anything that wasn't pre-packaged does not have part numbers. I have no way of knowing if I got the right tc. It is marked 114321 in paint marker, but that doesn't match anything on their site.
Now my questions for you guys.
Do these clutches look useable?
This tc is black, on their site it shows the one I was supposed to get (triple disc billet) as un-painted and the single disc as black. What do you think the chances are that they cheated me?
The part number is #1000 SRK-L4
First off I would like some opinions on the condition/useability of this kit. I checked it out tonight. One of the c5 clutches seems to have some chips out of the edges. I don't have a very fine micrometer, but the thickness of this disk is almost 2/28ths of an inch on it. At the biggest chip, it's about 1.5/28ths. It's shown here at the point of my knife.
Here are several pics of the c2 clutches. In the first one you can see a chip at the end of the micrometer. It's folded up, it hasn't come off completely. The other pics show how the fiber is off center on the metal. At one edge you can see metal both from above the disk and from the pics of the edge. On the opposite side, you can not see the metal and it hangs slightly over the edge.
The c4 clutch seems to be partially glazed from moving around during shipping.
The torque converter has many scratches and dings in it from shipping. The bolts were underneath it and the plastic bag was torn from the tc rubbing on it. There is a big ding in the front of it that was there before it was painted. You may not be able to see it. The box had some sort of cardboard piece for the tc to sit on, but it was really a joke as it was crushed completly. It smelled like the paint was still wet, and I think it was when it was packaged. You can see the marks from the foam wrapping touching it when it was wet.
My suggestions to them for shipping would be:
Torque converter- Tape the bag of bolts to the tc so they don't end up underneath it.
Use the expandable foam packaging below and above it instead of the foam wrapper and egg carton style cardboard under it.
Clutch discs- Put a piece of heavy paper between the discs so there is less chance of damage.
Use expandable foam, or tightly package peanuts, in main package to prevent the shifting around.
Use much heavier duty boxes to ship instead of recycling used boxes with labels scratched out with sharpie.
Label the boxes with part numbers. Anything that wasn't pre-packaged does not have part numbers. I have no way of knowing if I got the right tc. It is marked 114321 in paint marker, but that doesn't match anything on their site.
Now my questions for you guys.
Do these clutches look useable?
This tc is black, on their site it shows the one I was supposed to get (triple disc billet) as un-painted and the single disc as black. What do you think the chances are that they cheated me?
