curious if i should transfer the reverse module over to the three speed or if it is a weak link to destroy other stuff,,,,,,just payed 22 dollars for a steel first gear,,,,thanx people.
Yes the drive shaft is actually 2 pieces molded together and any engine with decent power will snap the shaft of shread the butter gears inside. Been there, done that.
I have a 4.6 and 3 speed in my XL conversion and I have about 40 hours on the truck and reverse module and everything has heald up just fine. I like having reverse (really cuts down on the walking to turn it around). From what everyone is saying I may have just gotten the 1 in a million that was built well but I have never had any issues.
I dont have a huge area to run mine in so I use reverse quite often but your right, if I had the proper area to run it, there would be absolutely no need for reverse.