The ins and outs of the Hydraulic Selectable One-Way Clutch
A Hydraulic Selectable One-Way Clutch (SOWC) is used in GM’s 9T50 and Ford’s 8F35 transmission. Its function and design are quite clever.| Transmission Digest
A Hydraulic Selectable One-Way Clutch (SOWC) is used in GM’s 9T50 and Ford’s 8F35 transmission. Its function and design are quite clever.| Transmission Digest
A 2015 Ford F-350 equipped with the 6.7L Power Stroke diesel and 6R140 automatic transmission arrived at our shop with a customer complaint of harsh shifting.| Transmission Digest
It is uncommon, if not rare, that the rebuilding transmission shop can’t locate every hard part needed to repair a transmission on its benches.| Transmission Digest
Mechanical diode failure in automatic transmissions is not uncommon. As far back as the AODE/4R70 shops have seen this type of failure. In April 2022 an article was published in Transmission Digest called, “The ins and outs of the Hydraulic Selectable One-Way Clutch (SOWC).” This article provided photos of the type of damage this style| Transmission Digest
