He does not say it is a bad transmission. His position was extremely favorable when he could buy and sell and fix them readily. One last thought, with tremendous respect to Dan: "Dan's position wasn't favorable towards the NV5600" If I were to buy my 6-speed tomorrow, I would probably still buy the NV5600 given the same cost as the G56. Until then, I'm not going to borrow trouble I don't have or need. If the transmission were a lemon, it would have shown it by the time the donor truck was wrecked at 32K miles. My only point here is: I have confidence that, barring a lemon, I can milk every possible mile out of the NV5600 I bought and the South Bend Clutch, too. I've never trashed a transmission or a clutch yet in well over 2 1/2 million logged miles. Much of it has been city driving, too, and that is real hard on the left leg, and everything it controls, when you have that kind of weight and 10 or 13 gears. Driving 80,000 pound diesels with manual transmission's is my thing and has been for a quarter of a century. Other guys are better with wrenches or computers or rockets or whatever. Even plowing snow for many years has not worn my stock original Dodge clutch out. This will rile some folks for some reason (it never fails), but I'm probably a little easier on manual transmission's and clutches than many guys since I drive a semi for a living and stirring gears is simply "what I do". Maybe that's being optimistic, but I can always also have quad4x4 rebuild my 4500 with all the good stuff if I think I might one day need it again. That gives me time (at least ten years) to find spare NV5600 parts or to figure out what the next replacement will be should the Dodge last that long. I figure it has to last at least as long as my 5th gear loser NV4500, which is probably on borrowed time with just the nut fix, judging from all the metal that was floating around in it. It may be a bad idea, but I am thousands into it now, and it took two years to get this far. I am only missing the t-case shifter mount, rod, and speedo harness extension. I am committed financially to finishing it. I have a complete, low mile, NV5600 conversion sitting in my shop waiting for installation. It's really hard to do a search on 3-character subjects like "G56", isn't it? Same with "271". There is word that Dodge will be getting some new NV5600 gears starting in February of 2006 and we know of at least two aftermarket suppliers that intend to produce NV5600 components overseas, so hopefully, the NV5600 parts situation will improve throughout 2006.Įdit: (Does "aftermarket suppliers" mean "Chinese". As of January, 2006 we are completely out of stock on all NV5600 gears and shafts. By December of 2005, most new parts were no longer available from any source. After NV5600 production ceased in January of 2005, MTM pretty much stopped making parts for them. The hard parts situation for NV5600 transmissions is terrible. We stock Timken supplied bearing kits for all NV5600 transmissions and new Genuine NVG/MTM 14 piece synchronizer kits plus some small parts for 2001½-2005 NV5600 transmissions. :-laf A goatee, actually, Don! And I'll never part with it, my K30, or my '69 Camaro! The K30 is waiting for something to happen to my dodge and will make a nice home for the Cummins! Have not seen one post with "my g56 shifts lousy", lots of those with the nv5600 As you probably know weak points for the nv5600 seem to be the syncro's, availability of certain parts (shafts) and it looks like it needs to be rebuild by somebody that really knows what they are doing(no backyard overhaul) seen a lot of post with problems with recently rebuild units appears to be tollerance issues. Should be able to pick up a used g56 for around $2k or so, can get a brand new one with the new lower overdrive (post 01-07) for a little over $3k You will need to get the driveshafts lengthened/shortened I have yet to see any post about any g56 failures that were not a fluke or major abuse, there does not appear to be any systematic weak points at this time. Salvage yard owners are very much aware that the nv5600 is in short supply and are pricing accordingly. I can't speak from experience since I have an auto, but I am looking into conversion and have been doing a lot of reading and research on this. The thing is by now they have manufactured the G56 almost as long as the nv5600, there are probably more g56 out there than nv5600, and it doesn't look like they are going to stop making them in the near future.
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