6R60 Master Rebuild Kit 2006, new and ready to install. Fits the 6R60. Ships fast from the USA.
The 6R60 was the first of Ford's home-built six-speeds, and the ones that went into 2006 and later Explorer and Mountaineer V8s are now well past the mileage where the clutches give up. If yours slips on upshifts, bangs into gear, or has fluid that smells burnt and looks like coffee, a band-aid will not hold. This master rebuild kit is the full soft-parts overhaul for the 6R60, 2006 and up, with a new filter included.
It goes further than a basic overhaul set. Along with the paper and rubber gasket kit, metal-clad seals and sealing ring kit, it carries the friction clutches, the steel plates and bonded pistons. Bonded pistons have the sealing lip molded onto the piston, so a hardened lip seal on an original piston is replaced along with everything else instead of being reused.
Ford built the 6R60 from 2006 as its own version of the ZF 6HP26 design, then followed it with the higher-torque 6R75 and 6R80. All three share the same layout: a Lepelletier planetary geartrain with three driving clutches (A, B and E) and two brake clutches (C and D), applied two at a time to make six forward gears. In the early units the transmission control module sits on the valve body inside the case. Because each pack does duty in several gears, one tired clutch causes slip in more than one ratio. Renewing every friction, steel, piston seal and circuit seal at once brings back the clamping force each pack was designed for.
Before you condemn the clutches, rule out the control side. On these early units the shift solenoids, valve body and in-case module can produce harsh or erratic shifts with good clutches. Our 6R80-family common problems guide covers those failure points, and they apply to the 6R60 as well.
Read codes, then watch commanded versus actual gear on a scan tool during a loaded upshift. If the ratio drifts or the engine flares while the electrical side checks out, the packs are slipping. Pull the pan: heavy friction material or a darkened filter confirms the unit needs a full rebuild, not just a solenoid. The steps in our 6R80 Expedition shift problems guide follow the same diagnostic path the 6R60 uses.
This kit is listed for the 6R60 from 2006 on. Ford changed the family more than once in those early years. The first units, known as J1, used Bosch solenoids with six dampers in the valve body until the 2008 and a half change to a two-damper J2 design. The 6R60 pump was superseded under a new Ford part number, and the input planet went from a three-gear to a four-gear design with a matching forward clutch retainer. A 6R60 or 6R75 can also be told apart from a 6R80 because its stator support has a front bushing. Because of those running changes, we need your year, model and VIN to confirm this kit before it ships. Everything else for this family is on the 6R60, 6R75 and 6R80 parts page.
Inspect the pump, drums, bushings and planetary before reassembly, because a new kit will not survive a scored drum or a worn bushing. Soak the frictions, set clearance on every pack as you build it, and pre-lube the bonded pistons as you install them. The fluid is the trap on this generation. Ford specified Mercon SP for these units until the 2009 switch to Mercon LV, and the wrong fluid has caused converter clutch chatter on rebuilt units, so check what your build calls for before you fill. If the shifts were harsh before teardown, add a 6R60 shift kit while the valve body is apart, and replace a scored pump with a 6R60 pump rather than reusing it. Clear the adaptive values when you are done and let the computer relearn over several drives.
| Fits | 6R60 2006 |
| Part type | Master Rebuild Kit |
| Condition | New |
| Brand | OEM |
| Ships | From the USA |
| Warranty | 1-year |
Doing this repair right usually means replacing these at the same time. Same transmission, ships together.
The 6R60 was used in Ford Explorer and Mercury Mountaineer applications starting in 2006. Since Ford made running changes in the family, send us your year, model and VIN and we will confirm this kit fits before it ships.
Yes. An overhaul kit is gaskets and seals only. This master kit adds the friction clutches, steel plates, bonded pistons and a new filter, so every wear part in the clutch packs is renewed.
Not reliably. The 6R60 uses a different pump and stator support, a different forward clutch piston and other parts. Use a kit listed for the 6R60 and confirm it with your VIN.
Ford specified Mercon SP for these units until the 2009 switch to Mercon LV. Check your build and do not mix them. Using the wrong one has been linked to converter clutch chatter after a rebuild.
No. The kit covers the soft parts, clutches, steels, bonded pistons and filter. Have the converter serviced or replaced, since debris from a failed unit stays in it.
Yes. Clear the transmission adaptive values with a scan tool and drive it through normal upshifts and downshifts so the computer can relearn clutch fill times.
