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The 4L60-E (and similar 4L65-E) is a series of automatic transmission
Automatic transmission

An automatic transmission is an automobile gearbox that can change gear ratios automatically as the vehicle moves, freeing the driver from having to shift gears manual transmission....
s from General Motors. Designed for longitudinal engine
Longitudinal engine

In automotive engineering, a longitudinal engine, also sometimes known as a north-south engine, is an internal combustion engine in which the crankshaft is oriented along the long axis of the vehicle, front to back....
 configurations, the series includes 4 forward gears. It is an evolution of the Turbo-Hydramatic 700R4
Turbo-Hydramatic

Turbo-Hydramatic is the registered tradename of a family of automatic transmissions developed and produced by General Motors Corporation. These transmissions mate a three element torque converter to a Howard Simpson epicyclic gearing, providing three forward speeds plus reverse....
, originally produced in 1982.

The 4L60-E and 4L65-E are built at Toledo Transmission
Toledo Transmission

Toledo Transmission is a General Motors Corporation transmission factory in Toledo, Ohio. It is located at 1455 West Alexis Rd.It opened in 1956, and has been the site for production of many of GM's Hydra-Matic transmissions since....
 in Toledo, Ohio
Toledo, Ohio

Toledo is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Lucas County, Ohio. Named after Toledo, Spain, it is located on the western end of Lake Erie, on the Michigan border....
 and have also been built at Romulus Transmission in Romulus, Michigan
Romulus, Michigan

Romulus is a city in Wayne County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 24,269 at the United States Census, 2007. Romulus is home to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, a General Motors plant which opened in 1976, and is also the setting of the Sufjan Stevens song "Romulus" from his 2003 album Michigan ....
 and Ramos Arizpe, Mexico.

The two transmissions are differentiated mainly by the number of pinion gears in their planetary gearsets: The 4L60-E has four, while the heavy-duty 4L65-E has five.






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The 4L60-E (and similar 4L65-E) is a series of automatic transmission
Automatic transmission

An automatic transmission is an automobile gearbox that can change gear ratios automatically as the vehicle moves, freeing the driver from having to shift gears manual transmission....
s from General Motors. Designed for longitudinal engine
Longitudinal engine

In automotive engineering, a longitudinal engine, also sometimes known as a north-south engine, is an internal combustion engine in which the crankshaft is oriented along the long axis of the vehicle, front to back....
 configurations, the series includes 4 forward gears. It is an evolution of the Turbo-Hydramatic 700R4
Turbo-Hydramatic

Turbo-Hydramatic is the registered tradename of a family of automatic transmissions developed and produced by General Motors Corporation. These transmissions mate a three element torque converter to a Howard Simpson epicyclic gearing, providing three forward speeds plus reverse....
, originally produced in 1982.

The 4L60-E and 4L65-E are built at Toledo Transmission
Toledo Transmission

Toledo Transmission is a General Motors Corporation transmission factory in Toledo, Ohio. It is located at 1455 West Alexis Rd.It opened in 1956, and has been the site for production of many of GM's Hydra-Matic transmissions since....
 in Toledo, Ohio
Toledo, Ohio

Toledo is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Lucas County, Ohio. Named after Toledo, Spain, it is located on the western end of Lake Erie, on the Michigan border....
 and have also been built at Romulus Transmission in Romulus, Michigan
Romulus, Michigan

Romulus is a city in Wayne County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 24,269 at the United States Census, 2007. Romulus is home to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, a General Motors plant which opened in 1976, and is also the setting of the Sufjan Stevens song "Romulus" from his 2003 album Michigan ....
 and Ramos Arizpe, Mexico.

The two transmissions are differentiated mainly by the number of pinion gears in their planetary gearsets: The 4L60-E has four, while the heavy-duty 4L65-E has five. Other elements of the 4L60-E design were strengthened when the 4L65-E was introduced, but these were incorporated into the 4L60-E in 2002.

Gear ratios:
1234R
3.061.631.000.702.29


4L60-E

The THM700 was renamed "4L60" (RPO
Regular Production Option

A Regular Production Option is a General Motors Corporation standard coding for vehicle configuration options. These codes are a combination of 3 alphanumeric characters and refer to a specific option or modification to the vehicle....
 M30) following the new General Motors naming convention, when the electronic version, 4L60-E, was phased in. This happened in 1993 for trucks, vans, and SUVs, and 1994 for rear wheel drive passenger cars. 1993-95 production 4L60-Es look similar to non-electronic 4L60s (including the 700R4) with the absence of a governor and throttle valve cable; an electronic plug was positioned where the TV cable once stood. Around 1996, a bolt-on bell housing
Bell housing

The bell housing is part of the transmission system on vehicles powered by internal combustion engines. It is bolted to the engine block and contains the flywheel and the torque converter or clutch of the Transmission ....
 was phased in (along with a six-bolt tailhousing) when the transmission was bolted behind an inline four cylinder or the Vortec
GM Vortec engine

Vortec is a trademarked name for a line of piston engines for General Motors Corporation trucks. The name first appeared in 1986 on a 4.3 L V6 but is now used on a wide range of different engines....
 engine family.

The 4L60-E is rated to handle up to 360 ft·lbf (488 N·m) of torque.

Applications:
  • Buick Rainier
    Buick Rainier

    The Buick Rainier was a mid-size SUV sold by the Buick division of General Motors. Introduced for 2004 to replace the Oldsmobile Bravada, the Rainier was the first truck sold under the Buick marque since the 1920s, and was the first body-on-frame V8-powered Buick since the 1996 Buick Roadmaster.The styling was designed by Rainier Rodriguez f...
  • Buick Roadmaster
    Buick Roadmaster

    The Roadmaster was an automobile built by the Buick division of General Motors. Buick first used the Roadmaster name between 1936 and 1958. In 1991, Buick again applied the Roadmaster name to its full-size rear-wheel drive sedan and station wagon models as a replacement for the Buick Estate....
     1994–1996
  • Cadillac Escalade
    Cadillac Escalade

    The Cadillac Escalade is a full-size luxury sport utility vehicle sold by the General Motors luxury car brand, Cadillac. It was the division's first major entry into the popular SUV market....
  • Cadillac Brougham
    Cadillac Brougham

    Cadillac has used the Brougham name since 1916. In the 1950s, the name appeared as the four-door designation for the Cadillac Eldorado. The Eldorado Brougham protoype model appeared in 1955, then as a limited production model from 1957 through 1960....
     1991-1992
  • Cadillac Fleetwood
    Cadillac Fleetwood

    The Fleetwood Metal Body Company began business in Fleetwood, Pennsylvania on April 1, 1909 and continued as an independent automobile body builder until acquired in 1925 by the Fisher Body Company, a division of General Motors....
     1994–1996
  • Chevrolet Astro
    Chevrolet Astro

    The Chevrolet Astro was a rear-wheel drive minivan introduced by Chevrolet in 1985 to rival domestic competitors the Dodge Caravan/Plymouth Voyager twins and the Japanese Toyota Van....
  • Chevrolet Avalanche
    Chevrolet Avalanche

    The Chevrolet Avalanche is a four-door, five or six passenger sport utility truck sharing General Motors long-wheelbase chassis used on the Chevrolet Suburban and Cadillac Escalade EXT....
  • Chevrolet Blazer
    Chevrolet Blazer

    The Chevrolet K5 Blazer and GMC 1500 Jimmy names were used on two different early SUV models.The names "Blazer" and "Jimmy" were also used on other smaller model SUVs produced by General Motors....
  • Chevrolet Camaro
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    The Chevrolet Camaro is a pony car manufactured by the Chevrolet division of General Motors. It went on sale on September 29, 1966 for the 1967 model year and was designed as a competing model to the Ford Mustang....
     1994–2002 (1990-1993 has the non-electronic model 4L60
    Turbo-Hydramatic

    Turbo-Hydramatic is the registered tradename of a family of automatic transmissions developed and produced by General Motors Corporation. These transmissions mate a three element torque converter to a Howard Simpson epicyclic gearing, providing three forward speeds plus reverse....
    )
  • Chevrolet Caprice
    Chevrolet Caprice

    The Chevrolet Caprice and Caprice Classic were full-sized automobiles produced by the Chevrolet division of General Motors in the United States and Canada from 1965 through 1996 model years and in Mexico from 1977 through 1983....
     1994-96
  • Chevrolet Colorado
    Chevrolet Colorado

    The Chevrolet Colorado and its counterpart, the GMC Canyon, are General Motors' mid-size pickup trucks introduced in 2004 to replace the Chevrolet S-10 and GMC Sonoma....
  • Chevrolet Corvette
    Chevrolet Corvette

    The Chevrolet Corvette is a sports car that has been manufactured by General Motors since 1953. The car was originally designed by Harley Earl, and named by Myron Scott after the fast corvette....
     1994–2004
  • Chevrolet Express
    Chevrolet Express

    The GM G-Series and H-Series vans, the Chevrolet Express and the GMC Savana, are full-size vans from General Motors. They replaced the GMC Vandura and Chevrolet Van in 1996....
  • Chevrolet Impala SS 1994–1996
  • Chevrolet S-10
    Chevrolet S-10

    The Chevrolet S-10 was a compact car pickup truck from the Chevrolet marque of General Motors. When it was first introduced in 1982, the GMC version was known as the S-15 and later renamed the GMC Sonoma....
  • Chevrolet Silverado
    Chevrolet Silverado

    The Chevrolet Silverado , is the latest line of full-size pickup trucks from General Motors.As of 2007, the Silverado pickup is the 2nd largest volume vehicle in the United States, behind the Ford F-Series pickup truck....
     1500-2500
  • Chevrolet SSR
    Chevrolet SSR

    The Chevrolet SSR was a retractable hardtop pickup truck manufactured by Chevrolet between 2003 and 2006.The truck was based on the long-wheelbase Chevrolet TrailBlazer EXT's platform, and featured "retro" styling and a steel retractable hardtop designed by American Specialty Cars....
  • Chevrolet Suburban
    Chevrolet Suburban

    The Chevrolet Suburban is a large sport utility vehicle from Chevrolet. It is the longest-lived continuous automobile nameplate still in production, dating from 1935 and is likely to be produced under this name for the foreseeable future....
  • Chevrolet Tahoe
    Chevrolet Tahoe

    The Chevrolet Tahoe is a full-size SUV from General Motors. Chevrolet and GMC sold two different-sized SUVs under their Chevrolet K5 Blazer model names through the early 1990s....
  • Chevrolet TrailBlazer
    Chevrolet TrailBlazer

    The Chevrolet TrailBlazer is a mid-size Sport utility vehicle produced by the Chevrolet division of United States automaker General Motors. It was introduced in 1999 as an upscale trim line of the Chevrolet S-10 Blazer....
  • GMC Canyon
  • GMC Envoy
    GMC Envoy

    The GMC Envoy is an SUV from the GMC marque of General Motors. It was introduced as a luxury version of the GMC Jimmy for the 1998 model year, the same year the Jimmy was restyled....
  • GMC Safari
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  • GMC Sierra 1500-2500
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  • GMC Yukon XL Denali
  • Holden Commodore
    Holden Commodore

    The Holden Commodore is an automobile manufactured by the Holden division of General Motors in Australia, and, formerly, in New Zealand. In the mid-1970s, Holden established proposals to replace the long-serving Holden Kingswood nameplate with an all-new smaller model....
     (VR
    Holden VR Commodore

    The Holden VR Commodore of July 1993 came with an updated, sleeker and more modern design, as well as safety enhancements such as Anti-lock braking system ....
    , VS
    Holden VS Commodore

    The Holden VS Commodore, released in 1995, was the ninth model of the Holden Commodore, a large car built by Holden, the Australia subsidiary of General Motors....
    , VT
    Holden VT Commodore

    The Holden VT Commodore, released in 1997, was the tenth model of the Holden Commodore, a full-size car built by Holden, the Australian subsidiary of General Motors....
    , VX
    Holden VX Commodore

    The Holden VX Commodore, Berlina and Calais range of full-size cars were the eleventh instalment of the Holden Commodore, manufactured by Holden, the Australian subsidiary of General Motors ....
    , VY, VZ, VE) 1993–present
  • Holden Statesman
    Holden Statesman

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     (VR, VS, WH, WK, WL and WM) 1994–present
  • Hummer H2
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  • Pontiac Firebird
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     1994–2002 (1993 has the non-electronic model 4L60)
  • Pontiac GTO
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     2004–2006


4L65-E

An updated 4L60-E, the 4L65-E (RPO M32), was phased in around the 2003 model year when coupled behind the 6.0 Vortec. Five-pinion planetaries, along with a higher capacity input housing and induction hardened input shaft assembly, were improved to withstand up to 380 ft·lbf (515 N·m) of torque. A new 300mm torque converter with improved higher-capacity internals was also introduced on select engine models.

Applications:
  • 2005 C6 Corvette
  • Cadillac Escalade
    Cadillac Escalade

    The Cadillac Escalade is a full-size luxury sport utility vehicle sold by the General Motors luxury car brand, Cadillac. It was the division's first major entry into the popular SUV market....
  • Cadillac Escalade
    Cadillac Escalade

    The Cadillac Escalade is a full-size luxury sport utility vehicle sold by the General Motors luxury car brand, Cadillac. It was the division's first major entry into the popular SUV market....
     EXT
  • Chevrolet Silverado
    Chevrolet Silverado

    The Chevrolet Silverado , is the latest line of full-size pickup trucks from General Motors.As of 2007, the Silverado pickup is the 2nd largest volume vehicle in the United States, behind the Ford F-Series pickup truck....
     1500-2500
  • GMC Sierra 1500-2500
  • GMC Sierra Denali
  • Holden Crewman 2003–present
  • 2005–2006 Pontiac GTO
    Pontiac GTO

    The Pontiac GTO is an automobile built by Pontiac in the United States from 1964 to 1974, and by Holden in Australia from 2004 to 2006. It is often considered the first true muscle car....
     (M32, 3.46:1 final drive)


See also

  • List of GM transmissions
    List of GM transmissions

    General Motors Corporation was an innovator of automatic transmissions, introducing the Hydra-Matic in 1940. This list includes all GM transmission ....