Transaxle Disassembly
- Mount transaxle on stand. Carefully remove torque converter from case. Remove oil pump drive shaft. Remove turbine shaft seal ring located on end of turbine shaft. Remove dipstick tube from case. Remove TR sensor and Turbine Shaft Speed (TSS) sensor. Remove Vehicle Speed Sensor (VSS).
- Remove solenoid valve connector retaining clip. Disconnect solenoid valve connector. Remove oil cooler line tube bolt, washer, securing bolt, spring and steel ball. Remove oil pan and gasket. Remove oil filter bolt and filter. Disconnect all solenoid valve wiring connectors. Remove EPC solenoid. Remove retaining bolts from valve body, and carefully remove valve body.
- Remove manual control lever and manual valve detent lever. Remove parking rod support plate. Remove park actuator support and parking lever actuating rod as an assembly. See Fig 1
. Remove park lever plate, parking plate torsion spring and support.
- Remove oil pump and gasket. Remove forward/coasting/reverse clutch thrust washer and needle bearing. See Figure
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. Remove turbine shaft retaining ring. Remove forward/coasting/reverse clutch assembly and needle bearing. Depress servo assembly with large pair of slide-lock pliers. Remove retaining ring. Remove servo assembly and servo piston.
- Remove primary sun gear and one-way clutch assembly. Remove needle bearing from primary sun gear and one-way clutch assembly. Remove thrust washer from carrier hub. Remove 2-4 band and secure using wire to prevent stretching. Remove servo band lever by pulling upwards on band actuating lever shaft, allowing servo band lever to be removed from case. See Fig 1
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- Remove one-way clutch retaining ring. Remove one-way clutch outer race. Remove waved washer from case. Remove one-way clutch and carrier hub assembly. Remove low/reverse clutch pressure plate retaining ring. Remove low/reverse clutch pressure plate and clutch pack. See Fig 1
. Remove ring gear retaining ring. Remove ring gear from front sun shell.
- Pull out turbine shaft and 3-4 clutch assembly. Remove 3-4 clutch needle bearings and slide 3-4 clutch off turbine shaft. See Figure
. Remove 13 transaxle case-to-converter housing bolts. Using a plastic hammer, tap lightly to separate transaxle case from converter housing. Remove output shell from output gear, along with thrust washer and needle bearing.
- Using appropriate spring compressor, compress low/reverse clutch return spring assembly and remove retaining ring. See Figure
. Remove low/reverse clutch return spring assembly and piston. Remove parking pawl shaft E-clip, parking pawl return spring, parking pawl shaft and parking pawl. See Fig 1
. Remove differential assembly.
- If bearing housing requires disassembly, remove roll pin by using a pin punch and discard roll pin. See Fig 2
. Remove bearing housing bolts. Using a plastic hammer, tap lightly to remove bearing housing. Using drift punch, remove idler gear and output gear assemblies by lightly tapping on idler gear shaft from torque converter side of housing.
- Remove converter housing from holding fixture. Remove torque converter stator support bolts. See Fig 1
. Press torque converter stator support out of torque converter housing using appropriate step plate. Using slide hammer and appropriate puller, remove rear bearing cup and shims from case.
Courtesy of FORD MOTOR CO.
Courtesy of FORD MOTOR CO.