Ck performance 4l80 parts and service are a joke !!!!!v

skeen

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-Im not on here much since selling my last stage car, but this guy and his buisinees practices should be known by all the TB community for what he really is , another BAD vendor that just wants to take your money & run. when you wont answer the phone for over two weeks, wont return a voicemail, wont return an e mail. YOUR A RIPPOFF !!!! Ive been in buisiness for 16 years, and if I did this kinda stuff once, Id never be able to sleep, much less go out in public... Ive posted this on Yellow bullet also so it wont evr get deleted. I KNOW this site needs sponsers, but this guy and his "company" arent someone you want to be affiliated with... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I have a CK performance 4l80 manual forward shift valve body with trans break , that has GOT TO BE the biggest piece of **** EVER made!!!! the first time installed the trans would not move the car in ANY gear... this turned out to be a roll pin that fell out of the valve body while they were building it !!!!, out the trans comes, valve body sent back to ck for an exchange, and the trans went to jim at transformance in GA, {double checking to make sure nothing got hurt in the startup & ingauge in gears } jim gives it the go over, he installs the valve body, well the trans STILL isn"t wurth a ****, trans break release is so slow you may as well NOT call it a trans break, I SWEAR have never seen such a damn joke in my life, a guy would be at half track before the thing let go, AND when it does it starts applying SLOWLY !!!!!, now for the best part, the trans shifts through all gears , not firm, but shifts, under half throttle in a 1000rwhp the 2-3 shift will never apply, have damn near blown the motor up trying to diagnose the problem, IF you get it in 3rd and THEN hit the throttle it will hold, so jim { which I dont know, but have come to find he"s one of the niceist trans guys Ive ever delt with} walks me through how to diagnose this , after pulling the pan & valve body, it"s CLEAR the problem is in CK"s valve body, so after NUMEROUS calls, voicemails, & e mails, with NO RETURN, I figured I would at least let the YB public know what the hell kind of people they were dealing with !!!!!!!
I gave them EVERY chance to answer the phone, return a call, do ANYTHING... with NO avail.......
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I read through some of your posting Steve and I hope you documented what you've just said very carefully. The reason I say this is that if you didn't, Chris can sue the sh!t out of you for libel and defamation of character. Just saying so you know what you may have gotten yourself into.:biggrin:
 
Sorry to hear about your issues.
If you want to try a different 4L80 transbrake, email me. I'll give you one for free and you can post feedback.

Jake
 
Why would you pull the tranny apart if it didn't work on install? Just send the thing back...I understand that's hard if they won't answer the phone. I've had 2 trannies from them with no problems at all. Hope you get it worked out.

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I WILL MORE THAN WELCOME A LAWSUIT< not ONLY can I prove what I said, I can subponea 2 WELL KNOWN builders that I have spoke with & one that I am have to buy the REPLACEMENT VALVE BODY FROM that THEY have had MULTIPLE customers call with the SAME results, and ONE builder with results of his own. SO STEP RIGHT UP !!!!!! , Id love nothing more than a nice court judgement to put a lien on everything this clown "supposedly owns" as he cant even take care of a faulty valve body !!!!!!

maybe this guy CAN turn out a drum, or servo,basically a machined piece that isn"t complicated like a VALVE BODY, so use your TB dollars carefully, there ARE MANY legit TB vendors that are straight up, money refunding vendors, that dont want a faulty product in your hand, much less all over the net !!!!

If a member has a problem with anything I have posted , then you obviously haven"t been burned by someone takeing your hard earned money...

Merry Christmas!!!!!!
 
Sorry to hear about your issues.
If you want to try a different 4L80 transbrake, email me. I'll give you one for free and you can post feedback.

Jake

Jake, I REALLY appretiate your offfer, but understand everybody has to eat, just not at the expense of damn near stealing... I"ll gladly pay for the valve body. it must be a forward pattern, manual { no box} trans break valve body.
I would be GLAD to discuss some basic things like any additional pieces I may need that are different inside from your VB and CK"s.

Steve Keen
270 869 8853 Work
270 831 4053 Cell
skeen2@bellsouth.net
 
You are beyond out of line and have not contacted me.I try to deal with everything in a professional manner but this is not what your looking for.Jake,as for you giving him a free valve body,go ahead.I think it is very unprofessional of you .When product is installed properly it works,and if it is defective due to poor workmanship etc.I would certainly have no problem taking care of it.I am publicly saying this here and now,CK PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS will not supply any technical information or parts below retail to any company that rebuilds transmissions.I am thru being victimized here and elsewhere .I take my products very seriously and dont appreciate what has come of this.We have sold over 150 2004r transmissions this year and have had only 2 issues that have been dealt with swiftly and professionally.
 
You are beyond out of line and have not contacted me.I try to deal with everything in a professional manner but this is not what your looking for.Jake,as for you giving him a free valve body,go ahead.I think it is very unprofessional of you .When product is installed properly it works,and if it is defective due to poor workmanship etc.I would certainly have no problem taking care of it.I am publicly saying this here and now,CK PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS will not supply any technical information or parts below retail to any company that rebuilds transmissions.I am thru being victimized here and elsewhere .I take my products very seriously and dont appreciate what has come of this.We have sold over 150 2004r transmissions this year and have had only 2 issues that have been dealt with swiftly and professionally.

Well chris, I guess I"ll have to wait an entire month to be able to scan AND post my phone bill......not ONLY have I left OVER a DOZEN messages, the LAST I left I was VERY clear this would be the LAST message I left !!!!!I can only imagine you and the woman that answers the phone { once} setting and laughing about the guy on the answering machine, thats been calling every other day for 2 WEEKS that he"s not gonna be calling any more !!!!!!

you must have thought I was some punk !!!!!! WRONG !!!!!!!

you JUST posted . we have 2004r"s ............ NOT 4l80"s !!!!

maybe you got ahold of one of the "other "vendors 200"s and copyed it !!!!!!!!
because your 4l80 valve body is JUNK!!!!!! and your service is LESS THAN A JOKE!!!!!!!! when you WONT answer the phone, WONT return a voicemail { multiples} AND WONT return Emails what do YOU expect someone to do ????

I ask you !!! WHAT DO YOU, CHRIS< EXPECT SOMEONE TO DO !!!!!!!!!
 
Chris,
after our phone call just now I'm going to give myself 24 hrs to think about it before I respond.
You have helped me and taught me in the past.
One thing I will say now,
have you noticed that I don't do business with you anymore?

Do you want me to post why when I respond?
 
QUOTE "when product is installed properly PRODUCT works"

the valave body has already been back to YOU ONCE because it had a roll pin left out and wouldnt move the car in ANY gear !!!!!!

so you wanna re cant that statement mr perfect !!!!!!!!!
 
My CK performance valve body is great. Works fine in a street driven 10 sec car. Does everything it was supposed to do.
 
Guys,

Let's keep this between Steve and Chris.
I don't expect other vendors in this thread.
 
My CK performance valve body is great. Works fine in a street driven 10 sec car. Does everything it was supposed to do.

I TRUELY am glad for you. everyone deserves to get what they paid for. is this a 4l80 ???

the mid 9.50 seems to be the danger point for the 2004r in "some" peoples opinions. I never had one hold up NEAR that point, but didn"t have one of the "big" named builders transmissions either.

the 4l80 IS a 400 turbo with overdrive, WONT break, and WILL survive 7 second passes on a regular basis with correct internal parts. the 200 is never gonna do this. a LOT of people dont have a need for a 4l80 in their TB, but if Id have had this option before I sold my last stage car, I may have kept it. the thought of driveing around with NO overdrive SUCKS !!!!!

Again, glad to hear YOUR trans works like its supposed to.
 
Guys, I made this post to let TB members KNOW how I was treated and YOU "COULD" be the next person !!!!! I WISH someone could have warned me about a couple vendors from years past that I had to find out the hard way !!!!

I have to "THINK" that MOST vendors start out wanting to help bring a better product to market, make a liveing, and possibly enjoy what they do. its what they do when they have problems IS WHAT DEFINES THEM !!!!! everyones gonna have a mistake here and there, but this instance is far past that.

Im going to the shop to do some work, and wont be back on here till at least tommorow or monday. if ANYONE would like to discuss any of this both my numbers are posted. steve
 
Just so I understand:

You bought a Valvebody from Chris at CK, and installed it into a trans built by someone else?
 
Jake I really dont give a damn what you post,or when you do it.I never received any phone messages from this customer about his valve body or I would have called him back.Somedays it takes 1 or 2 days to get back to people because we are busy.If we stopped everytime the phone rings during the day we risk getting hurt on a CNC machine or not giving a customers transmission the attention it deserves.I have a family member with a cyst on her brain and really dont need this right now.But you girls go ahead and do your thing.
 
Future customers are always watching on how vendors handle all situations, including ones like this. Something to think about.
 
sounds like there are two sides of the story as usual with the truth lieing somewhere in between......
 
Guys,

I am getting reports on this thread.
This may get locked if it gets any uglier.
 
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