Ahhh.. my thought process didn't translate that well either. I meant pull the trans, put in the forward band only, slap the rest back together and drive it until you decide to go and rebuild the entire thing.

Say two hours to have it on the floor, another hour to disassemble it as a first timer, 5 seconds to put new band in place, then another hour to reassemble, 2 more hours and it's back in and running. Call it a day to have it working again for one $40 band.

This is the newer band that is considered upgraded. Borg Warner 4T65E Hi Energy Forward/Rear Band 2001+ 24213361 | eBay

It's not like it can't fail, as seen by the 06 one I found broken this past week. But it doesn't break as often.