The Tier One Difference: One-Piece Billet Strength The stock Overdrive (OD) Hub is a notorious failure point in the 68RFE. As professional builders, we have seen countless stock hubs snap at the factory friction weld or crack at the oil holes, destroying the entire overdrive clutch assembly. That is why we use this One-Piece Billet OD Hub Shaft in our high-performance builds. It eliminates the weak factory weld entirely, giving you the strength to tow heavy and tune high.
The OEM overdrive hub is actually two separate pieces of metal—a shaft and a hub—that are friction-welded together. Under the stress of a 6.7L Cummins, especially with a tuner or heavy trailer, this design has two major failure modes:
Our upgrade fixes these issues by machining the entire shaft and hub from a single solid block of 300M Billet Steel. By removing the weld and using vastly stronger material, this hub can handle the shock loads that snap stock parts.