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Originally Posted by cadillac_al
Like Ron says, it's the converter. If you google torque converter ballooning and thrust bearings you will hear the same story you told us, word for word.
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This is the reason for the clearance between the converter and flywheel . Most all regular converters will balloon some unless you have a billet front on the converter . Most will just bolt it up and go with out checking .Most will get by with it but some will not . It is still the installers responsibility to check the clearance and correct it if necessary . 3/16" will take care of ballooning in stock form unless you are a very high HP engine . Then you may want to consider a billet front .
On the other end it is still just as important to shim the converter if to much clearance . It will be running out of the pump to much and either break the converter or pump .
Clock , I am hoping it did not do any damage to the trans pump . Not only was it pushing on the crank it was pushing on the trans pump .
Let us know how it turns out