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Originally Posted by stomachmonkey
I blew one on my 01' Tahoe. Sun gear is a weak point on those trannies.
Call around to tranny shops, you should be able to find a pre rebuilt unit sitting on a shelf.
They'll just swap it in and use yours as a core.
They'll also upgrade the weak points when they do the rebuild so it should last longer than the original.
FWIW, I bought the 01' off the lot brand new and that is the only major repair I've had in 18 years so the $1,300.00 it cost for the rebuild was money well spent.
I've more than gotten my moneys worth out of it.
I like them so much I also have an 06' and a 16'
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Same here the sun gear went out trying to reverse uphill. It happend on a plow truck at work too. The hard part was getting the tranny out. Rebuilding it was easy in comparrison. Its all on u tube. I dont know about the 06 models but auto trannys are actually quite simple to work on compared to manuals. BTW if the cooler line blew out you could have just bypassed it with a piece of hose and a some clamps