My intention was to photo this assembly first before installing it in the transmission case, but I forgot to ou: but here's how it looks after it's in there.....note the plastic thrust bearing and although it's hard to see the split plastic ring that goes around the outside of this part which is called the "output carrier". That shiny gear in the center is the "sun gear" which needs to be installed with the beveled side down: (does anybody know what that plastic ring does? Maybe a sound deadener? o No: )
The next part that went in was the "reaction carrier" which also houses the roller clutch that you can see........I also installed the shaft that goes over the main shaft (I couldn't find the name of it in the manual). Also notice the third needle bearing.......it's on top of that shiny sun gear from the previous photo:
The next part that went in was the center support. It houses the other half of that roller clutch you see in the previous photo. If you look closely, you can see the steel half of the needle bearing, and also the phenolic spacer that also goes under this part. (These both fall out easily when you take the tranny apart and are easily lost) It would be so easy to forget this spacer and I suppose that would be a very bad thing. uzzled:
The center support wasn't too bad sliding it into the case, the trick to getting it in was rotating the shaft as I wiggled it down. You can see in the photo this center suppport also houses the intermediate clutch piston. This holds in with a snap ring that MUST go in with the beveled edge facing up......you can see it if you look closely:
In addition to the snap ring, the center support holds in place with a special bolt that goes in through the valve body:
Next I installed the intermediate clutch..........this also holds down with a snap ring, but it's a flat one. I also installed the l2 band. If you look closely you can see it:
The next part to go in is the direct clutch.........the plates had to be put in after it's in place b/c it would be impossible to slide it into the intermediate clutch splines that way. Even then, it was still a PITA :af: :
The next part to go in was the forward clutch. But first, you need to see the thrust bearing and phonelic washer that must go on both sides of the forward clutch hub first........this is the bronze thrust bearing that goes on the inside half:
This is the phenolic washer that goes on the outside half.....in this photo the forward clutch hub is installed into the forward clutch and ready to go into the direct clutch that's already in the transmission:
Getting those splines lined up was the biggest PITA yet......took a lot of patience......and a lot of wiggling.......(the front pump goes on after this and if it isn't down all the way and you tried to tighten it down I suppose it would ruin the clutches) :shock: :
Here's a photo of the underside of the pump. If you look closely you can see the last phenolic washer bearing. You can also see the switch pitch solenoid which installs over the gasket. (I soak the gaskets with silicone spray and coat the surfaces with petro jelly so if I need to take this apart again it will not ruin the gasket) When i tightened this down, I did it evenly and carefully checking for end play just in case the forward clutch was not fully seated: (incidently, the end play wound up being .045" which is a lot considering the book says the limit is .023".....i hope this is not a problem uzzled: )
Next part I put in was the rear servo.........the seal kit did not include new alluminum rings, it had teflon ones that I didn't use. I used over the original alluminum ones. It is two pieces that fit together. Here's a photo of what one half looks like out of the case:
The other half goes into the case first.........then the half from the previous photo goes in........it's a little tricky getting both these in there with the spring, but you can't leave the spring out here:
In this photo you can see the rear servo cover installed and the front servo piston installed into the case. The front servo itself is part of the valve body. I should have taken more photos, but my card was getting full ou:
It maybe too hard to see, but this is a photo of the checkballs in place before the valve body went in. They are held in with pet jelly so they stay put long enough to get everything together:
The next part to go on was the valve body, and then the downshift solenoid. if you look closely at the photo, you can see where the front servo is that is part of the valve body:
My last photo........all that's left to do now is a few minor things and to get my old tranny out of the car. If I can get caught up on my work schedule I'll put this one in soon........I'm just curious to see how well this thing works :Brow: (if it works at all ou: )
I figured this would be the ideal spot to put a drain plug in the pan......I just drilled a couple small holes through the sides of a 1/2" nut and welded it to the pan. It uses an engine drain plug that has a gasket on the face of the bolt.......same as on an engine oil pan......this will not leak:
Mark.......this is the only logical spot I can think of to drill and tap a thread for a drain plug on the converter.........I don't think there would be anything underneath below this spot and I was thinking of using grease on the drill bit and tap to catch the chips. What is your opinion? o No:
