Torque Converter

[Naz24]

Yes... It's that time of the year.... The bills are racking up.

Went to dealer with shuddering/vibration issue from standstill moderate acceleration. They orig thought transfer case. After them looking into it further they tell me it's my torque converter and quote me 3200 to replace!!! Ouch! No way.

So I call my tranny shop ( they worked on my fathers M5) good guys.. Do mostly domestic cars though.

Tranny shop is not 100% convinced its the torque converter after short test drive. I tell the owner to take my car for the weekend.. Drive around and figure it out. He says he will try to rebuild the thing instead of replacing.

What are the chances dealer diagnosis could be wrong? I would hate to put 2k into a new or rebuilt torque converter and then have the same problems! And how do you even test these damn things? How did the dealer come up with their conclusion?