From a prior thread, you may have read I had a nasty 3-2 downshift clunk in my 200-4r. I suspected it was because I had the Superior servo...no cushion spring.
Well, I swapped out the Superior and completed the installation of the Sonnax Super Hold Servo (K65703). Dave Husek supplied me with a new cushion spring and other parts and he recommended a much shorter servo pin travel than what Sonnax recommends. He said to shoot for .025 - .050. Sonnax says .110. Dave suggested I stay on the mid to higher end of that since my band is not being replaced. When Googling, I found it interesting that recommendations for travel are all over the board. For example, TCI's servo looks like a rebranded Sonnax and they recommend .070 to .100. Googling showed others like .060, some with the cushion spring installed, others without. Before I pulled the Superior servo, I checked the pin travel and it was .040 which had been that way for two years . For piece of mind, once the old servo was out, I used an inch pound torgue wrench to measure the effort to turn the output shaft each way. That was my baseline. Once the new servo was in, and while I was trying to come up with the best travel, I measured again. There was still some band drag showing on the torque wrench at about .030 pin travel. It was within the next .010 that the torque wrench showed no more drag. I ended up at .040 pin travel which is right around where Dave suggested, and right where my old one was set.
Problem solved! The 3-2 dowshift clunk is completely gone. The upshifts remain unchanged, nice and firm, but the 3-2 downshift is great now. I am very pleased with the results. Thanks to everyone who gave input and special thanks to Dave for helping me solve this problem....GREAT customer service!
