Inspection of a 904 torqueflite

glhx said

Put the .065 snap ring in for the gear train end play. I get .032 clearance. It’s much better. I put the .085 in and got about .002

Put the rest together. Running .012 total end play. Seems really tight. Have to use pliers to get it to move. Everything is new. Clutches and thrust washers etc.....



All the clutch packs have the correct spec on clearance and the bands are completely loose. I did put the trans on its tail to put the pump in but I did not check end play that way. The trans is level for that

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Did you go back and adjust your bands the proper way. They should not be completely loose. Tighten to 72 inch pounds, then back off the proper number of turns. You will feel slight drag but that is ok as long as the amount of turns are correct. Read a shop manual.
It will not tell you to adjust by feel. How are you measuring your gear train endplay. Something wrong with your math there.putting the .085 in you should have got .012 clearance, not .002. .032 is good thou, again well within tolerance,
Better loose than too tight.