What is a 5th gear nut?
The Fifth Gear locknut retainer locks the nut to the spline on the main shaft. By doing this the retaining nut can’t back off. The retainers cost is little more than the lock nut itself. This lock nut retainer is designed for the Dodge NV4500 4×4 transmissions with a 29 spline and 1½” main shaft.
What kind of oil goes in a NV4500 transmission?
NV4500 Transmission Fluid Spec The NV4500 manual transmission is highly sensitive to its fluid type as it uses special carbon fiber synchronizers. The original fluid spec is Castrol Syntorq synthetic 75W-90 GL-4 manual transmission fluid.
How strong is NV4500?
A NV4500 is rated to a GVW of 14,500. The amount of power a tranny can hold is completely dependent on the driving style. I have heard guys blowing tranny’s just over stock, and some reaching over 600hp.
What does NV4500 stand for?
New Venture Gear 4500
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The New Venture Gear 4500, commonly called NV4500, is a 5-speed manual transmission manufactured by New Venture Gear and used in General Motors and Chrysler products from 1991–2007.
Does a NV4500 have overdrive?
The NV4500 or New Venture Gear 4500 is a heavy-duty, manual shift, five-speed overdrive, longitudinally positioned transmission.
How much gear oil does a NV4500 hold?
Made in U. S. A NV4500 transmission oil capacity is 4 quarts for stock transmissions or 5 quarts for NV4500HD 4×4 transmissions used to replace the Getrag G360. “
Are all NV4500 transmissions the same?
Dodge 4wd NV4500 transmissions have always maintained the same gear ratios and bolt patterns throughout production; however, variations occur between diesel (and V10) versus gas models. Diesel NV4500 4WD transmissions always have a 29 spine rear output shaft with a 6-1/4″” rear tailhousing.
How do you tell which NV4500 I have?
New Venture NV4500 5 Speed Manual Transmissions were built with two Identification Tags, that if present, will tell you what the transmission assembly number is. The assembly number will tell us what parts your particular transmission has which is important given the number of NV4500 variations there is.