Control Valve Body: Assembly

Install a new seal ring to the accumulator piston.

Fig 1: Identifying New Seal Ring
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Apply ATF to the seal ring.
Insert the piston fully into upper control valve body.

Fig 2: Inserting Piston Fully Into Upper Control Valve Body
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Install the accumulator spring and four steel balls to specified positions of upper control valve body.

Fig 3: Identifying Accumulator Spring And Four Steel Balls
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Align the hole in side plate with the hole in upper separator plate, and then install side plate and upper separator plate to middle control valve body.
1. Tightening torque: 8 N.m (0.8 kgf-m, 5.8 ft-lb)
Fig 4: Identifying Side Plate And Upper Separator Plate
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Insert six steel balls in their proper positions to middle control valve body.

Fig 5: Inserting Six Steel Balls In Their Proper Positions To Middle Control Valve Body
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Install three oil filters to lower valve body.
NOTE: Pay attention to the location of oil filters.

Fig 6: Identifying Three Oil Filters
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Install lower separate plate to lower control valve body.

Fig 7: Identifying Lower Separate Plate
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Temporarily assemble valve body.
NOTE: Be careful not to drop the middle control valve body and upper control valve body interior steel ball, or the lower control valve body oil filter.

Fig 8: Identifying Upper Control Valve Body Interior Steel Ball, Or Lower Control Valve Body Oil Filter
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Tighten bolts.
NOTE: Install the bolts (D) from upper control valve body side.
1. Tightening torque: 8 N.m (0.8 kgf-m, 5.8 ft-lb)
Fig 9: Identifying Bolts & Upper Control Valve Body Side
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Install the sensor, solenoids and duty solenoids to specified positions.

Fig 10: Identifying Bolts & Upper Control Valve Body Side
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Tighten the bolts and nuts.
1. Tightening torque: 8 N.m (0.8 kgf-m, 5.8 ft-lb)
Fig 11: Identifying Tightening Torque Of Lower Control Valve Body Bolts
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Install oil strainer to lower control valve body.
1. Tightening torque: 8 N.m (0.8 kgf-m, 5.8 ft-lb)
Fig 12: Identifying Oil Strainer
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