68RFE Overhaul Kit, new and ready to install. Fits the 68RFE. Ships fast from the USA.
If your Ram 2500 or 3500 with the 6.7L Cummins is flaring into 5th and 6th, slipping on the highway with a trailer behind it, or dropping dark, burnt-smelling ATF with friction material in the pan, the 68RFE is telling you the clutch packs are done. This 68RFE overhaul kit is the soft-parts side of a full teardown: the kit shown carries friction and steel plates for the clutch packs, the valve body and case gasket set, sealing rings, O-rings and lip seals, several bonded pistons and a filter. Everything that wears or hardens with heat gets renewed in one pass, so you are not pulling the transmission a second time for a leak you could have sealed the first time.
The 68RFE is a six-speed, clutch-to-clutch automatic. There are no bands to adjust; every ratio change is one clutch releasing while another applies, timed by the solenoid pack and the transmission control module. That design is smooth when the packs have correct clearance and the hydraulic circuits hold pressure, and it is unforgiving when they do not. Frictions that have glazed or warped, piston seals that have gone hard, and sealing rings that leak all show up as slip, because the computer can only command pressure, it cannot make a worn pack hold.
The overdrive clutch is the pack that fails first. It applies in 5th and 6th, where a diesel truck spends most of its miles, and the factory OD plates are single-sided with a steel core only .034 in. thick. Heat distorts them, the distortion steals clearance, and the pack starts dragging until it burns. An overhaul replaces those plates and the seals that feed them, which is why it is the standard repair once slipping starts.
Pull the pan first. Clean pink fluid with only fine gray paste on the magnet usually points away from a burnt pack and toward pressure control or electrical faults, and a kit will not fix those. Scan for codes, then check commanded versus actual line pressure with the engine idling; a sensor or valve body fault can mimic clutch slip. Our 68RFE valve body testing guide walks through separating a hydraulic problem from a mechanical one, and the Ram 2500 Cummins common problems guide covers the failure patterns we see most. If the plates are burnt, the overhaul is the right call.
This kit is listed for the 68RFE, the six-speed used behind the 6.7L Cummins in 2007-up Ram 2500 and 3500 pickups and the 3500/4500/5500 cab-chassis trucks. The listing does not name a single year range, and that matters on this unit. The 68RFE started with a white case connector, went to a gray connector around 2010 when the overdrive solenoid was dropped, and changed again in 2019 to a blue connector with a separate TCC solenoid and a new reverse clutch solenoid. Those generations use different solenoid block gaskets, and the wrong one can cause a bind-up going forward or a neutral 2-3 shift. Check your connector color and send us your year and VIN before ordering so we can confirm the gasket set matches. Every part we carry for this transmission is on the 68RFE collection page.
Overheating is what kills a rebuilt 68RFE, so if you tow, plan cooling before the truck goes back to work. The Ram 3500 shift problems guide covers the follow-up checks once the transmission is back in.
| Fits | 68RFE |
| Part type | Overhaul Kit |
| Condition | New |
| Brand | Mopar |
| Ships | From the USA |
| Warranty | 1-year |
Doing this repair right usually means replacing these at the same time. Same transmission, ships together.
The listing is for the 68RFE without a stated year range. 2019-up units use a blue case connector and a different solenoid block gasket than the white and gray connector years, so send us your year and VIN before ordering and we will confirm the gasket set matches your truck.
It replaces the burnt plates and the seals that feed the pack, which restores holding power. If the solenoid switch valve bore is leaking, the overdrive housing is flexing, or line pressure is off, the new clutches can fail the same way, so inspect those hard parts during the rebuild.
Plan on a filter, a cooler flush, and any worn hard parts found at teardown, most often the pump gears or bushing and the valve body. A converter should be inspected or serviced by a converter shop since debris from a burnt pack collects there.
ATF+4 meeting the MS-9602 specification only. Set the level with the transmission at 160 degrees F or hotter, because a cold check will read low and lead to overfilling.
Yes. Clear codes and run the clutch volume index and quick learn procedure with a capable scan tool so the controller adapts to the new clutch clearances. Skipping it can leave harsh or flared shifts after a good rebuild.
