Exhaust Brake for 05 Dodge
Hey guys, we have a 2005 Dodge ram 3500 Diesel with an automatic tranny. It has a tow haul button. Will this be enough to stop a fiver or will I need to add an exhaust brake. I have read that an exhau...
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eHoefler wrote:
The 48re does stay locked up while deaccellerating, but there is no reverse thrust bearing for the lock , which means it only has a bushing, that is what can not handle the added load from an exhaust brake. A tranny build will need to be done to make it survive.
That's kind of a funny thing. Dodge came up with that scenario about wearing the thrust washer but people that had been using EB's for years on their Dodge tranny's never had any problem like that.
I'm familiar with the accelerated wear/life testing techniques some manufacturers use and sometimes they yield inaccurate results.
I suspect this was a case like that.
