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Re: rebuilt engines/trans
Posted by Saabgod (more from Saabgod) on Mon, 13 Nov 2000 21:21:39
In Reply to: rebuilt engines/trans, Julie Coburn, Mon, 13 Nov 2000 18:41:18
You can't buy a 'new' transmission from SAAB. You could buy a rebuilt one
from SAAB, or you could buy a rebuilt transmission from somebody else. SAAB
uses an out of house rebuilder for the ones you buy over the counter, which
means they probably are no better or worse than the ones your local SAAB
expert would build for you themselves. The difference between 'Rebuilt' and
'Reconditioned' is the only question, and while there may be some 'industry
standards' for those two terms, there is no consensus about their usage.
Generally one would expect 'rebuilt' to have included more 'hard parts'
(gears, shafts, etc.) than perhaps a mere 'recondition,' (where maybe just
the obviously unusuable parts are replaced, not AND and ALL parts that may
show signs of wear.) the fact is that it's impossible to replace all the
hard parts in a transmission (one gear could cost $300 for instance!) and
sell it for what SAAB or most other places retail them for.
If the pinion bearings were replaced and properly set up, and the tranny
otherwise shifts and sounds ok, the differences at this point are probably
negligible. besides, an 83 900 ain't worth that much anyway! good luck!
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