Installation Procedure
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- Clean any gasket material from the control valve body cover and inspect the gasket mounting surface.
- Install RTV sealer Saturn P/N 89020326 onto the control valve body cover.
- Install the control valve body cover onto the transaxle case.
- Install the 9 control valve body cover bolts/screws hand tight.
- Tighten the 9 control valve body bolts/screws in the sequence shown.
Tighten: Tighten the control valve body cover bolts/screws to 13 N.m (10 lb in).
- Install the transaxle oil cooler line assembly to the transaxle.
- Install the transaxle oil cooler line assembly nut.
Tighten: Tighten the transaxle oil cooler line nut to 7 N.m (62 lb in)
- Install the front pitch restrictor and the through-bolt.
Tighten: Tighten the front pitch restrictor bolts to 50 N.m (37 ft lb)
- Install the left-hand splash shield.
- Install the left wheel and the tire assembly.
- Install the wheel nuts and tighten in a criss-cross pattern.
Tighten: Tighten the wheel nuts to 125 N.m (92 lb-ft)
- Lower the vehicle.
- Add fluid to the transaxle. Refer to Transmission Fluid Replacement procedure located in this service manual.
IMPORTANT:
Use LOCTITE™ 242 thread sealer on ALL bolt threads.
NOTE:
Refer to FASTENER NOTICE
in Cautions and Notices.
NOTE:
Saturn automatic transaxle fluid (ATF), P/N 21005966 and P/N 21019223, is not compatible with this transaxle. If Saturn ATF is used, transaxle damage will result. This transaxle uses Saturn T-IV fluid P/N 22689186.