Have you even thought about what it takes to be a profession transmission rebuilder? Not an ordinary rebuilder, but one of the few elite transmission rebuilders. No less effort goes into becoming a top level rebuilder, than lets say a brain surgeon. I understand a doctor of any magnitude goes through many years of college and medical school, which cost a fortune, but that is not the area I want to discuss.

A transmission rebuilder and diagnostician has to be every bit as as smart as a doctor, while it is true a mechanic does not go through the type of formal schooling an M.D. has to. Most of the best mechanics have gone to the school of hard knocks. While any respectable mechanic can attend all sorts of training schools and classes to stay on top of new cars updates and developments, the rest of the training is usually done on the job.

What that means in a transmission facility is that one would enter the field as a cleanup person first. At some point in time, as you show you can clean properly (you would be surprised at how many people can’t clean properly) the not step is spending several years in the removal and reinstalling process. This is a critical stage of development, since R and R (remove and replace) people do preliminary diagnostics, check every part of the chassis as the transmission is removed and is required to repair the damaged driveline parts other than the transmission.

Essentially, an R and R man, or person is a very experienced mechanic with a lot of training and practical car repair experience. Some people make a living at R and R and diagnostics, and never have the desire to become a rebuilder. A good R and R man is worth plenty of money to the boss.

The next level is to start training to become a transmission rebuilder, which includes learning the techniques to become a master diagnostician. When I say a master at diagnosis, this may be the hardest thing for any mechanic to grasp. Diagnostics are a lot more in depth than changing parts. Even if you are only (I use that word lightly) changing parts in a transmission. The finest rebuilders are excellent diagnosticians. I don’t have the space or time in any one post to speak about the intricacies and details, along with an aptitude for mechanics, and a good brain that great diagnosticians have.

The last thing I’ll say about this issue is that in the last 15 years, engines and transmissions have become married, they work together in all phases of car operation, which means a transmission mechanic has to know a lot about the computerized side of an engine.

Knowing this information, you can see where buying quality transmissions is a better choice than digging into yours. You will probably end up calling GotTransmissions.com in the end for one of their transmissions anyway. Know your limitations, don’t get involved in repair procedures that are over your head, they usually take extra time and cost more. GotTransmissions.com @ 866-320-1182.

A Planetary Gearbox or transmission is a set of gears, shafts, and bearings that are enclosed in a housing and are arranged in a way that resemble a solar system, (thus the name planetary) with one or more planet gears orbiting around a sun gear.  They convert input speed (typically provided by a gasoline or electric motor) into a lower output speed while correspondingly creating higher torque. Simply put, gear-boxes reduce RPM, turning it into power for use in low-RPM high-torque applications. Gearboxes come in different arrangements including planetary, bevel, cycloid, helical, harmonic, spur, and worm. Our focus here is on the planetary type of gear system. Which is the system most automatic transmissions use.

Planetary gearboxes come in many sizes and torque capacities, and vary in speed ratios depending upon configuration. The planetary gears pictured are an example of a planetary gear system

Much larger planetary gearboxes exist for industrial processes, providing output torque in excess of 6,000,000 pounds per square inch. The focus of this website, however, is on these smaller automotive planetary gearboxes.

The input power to these small planetary gearboxes comes from automotive engines. Which transfer the power to the transmission, therefore allowing the cars transmission to have multiple gear ratios. For instance a 3 speed automatic transmission will normally have two planetary gears sets, and a 4 speed automatic will have 3 planetary gear sets. We call these compound planetary gear sets.

Planetary gears are hard to digest for many folks. What you need to know is that GotTransmissions.com rebuilds their transmissions using new or reconditioned planetary gears. One of the many reasons we supply the best transmissions a person can buy. If you run into a situation where you need to locate and buy transmissions or a transmission, call 1-877-268-00634.

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My whole life has been one big mechanical experience. From prehistoric lawnmowers in the late ’50’s when I was 5 years old to chainsaws, anything automotive and mechanical sucked me in and totally put me under a spell. Having the best parents in the world helped a lot because they supported anything I did, except being a bully or being dishonest or a bigot. With that in mind I got my first car when I was 14 years old, I never drove it on the street since you needed to be 16 years old to get a drivers license.

The transmission was bad in my 1958 Ford Thunderbird (the car cost me $150.00) and being the inquisitive guy I am, to buy a transmission was not in my cards, I had to take it out and do the repairs myself. I removed the transmission, bought a manual and got the transmission fixed and working great, eventually. A lot of luck and work went into that job. It seems that every car I have owned, I broke the transmission in.Until my dad taught me the lesson of pay for it yourself if you are going to abuse your car. That was a quick cure.

I owned a 1956 Porsche 356C for a few years as a teenager and found out fast that rear engined cars don’t like to ‘holeshotted’ from a dig very much. In laymen terms that means put the gas pedal to the floor and let the clutch out from a dead stop, which causes the rear tires to spin. Bad news on a car with a rear engine. Too much weight over the rear wheels.

My entire adult life has consisted of being one of the most savvy and qualified transmission people in the country (self proclaimed). I got into the business as a remove and replacement person when I was about 19 years old, learned fast how to be a rebuilder and took over every rebuilding shop that I worked at. Usually making the old timers angy at me. I understand now, a 20 year old punk outbuilding and diagnosing the cars and transmissions. Older mechanics resent that big time.

I owned my own shop from 1981 to 2006, and got lucky and sold it. Which allows me to write these blogs and answer transmission questions for people. I keep up to date on new transmissions and what goes wrong with them and how to effectively fix them.

Now a days, it is a much better value to buy transmissions from a large supply company who has the power to supply excellent  transmissions from used to rebuilt or new transmissions that are pre tested, guaranteed and ready to go. GotTransmissions.com has proven themselves by outperforming the competition, putting their money into a superior product, as opposed to a lot of BS sensationalistic advertising. To buy transmissions at wholesale prices with rock solid guarantees, Call us @ 866-320-1182.