Inspection & Reassembly
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- Inspect park system components for the following:
- Worn park pawl actuator guide.
- Damaged or bent park pawl actuator assembly.
- Damaged manual shift shaft detent lever or IMS detent lever.
- Worn, stripped, or bent manual shift shaft.
- Bent or damaged manual valve link.
- Kinked or bent manual valve link spring.
Replace components as necessary. See Fig 1.
- Install NEW shift shaft seal into case using 9/16" socket and hammer. See Fig 2. Install NEW parking pawl actuator guide "O" ring seal onto parking pawl actuator guide. Install actuator guide into case. Align slot for actuator guide pin in parking pawl with pin hole in case. Install actuator guide pin using mallet. See Figure.
- Install manual shift shaft detent lever onto manual shift shaft. Install nut on shift shaft and tighten to specification. See TORQUE SPECIFICATIONS . Install detent lever onto parking pawl actuator. Install manual shift shaft detent lever assembly and parking pawl actuator assembly into case. See Fig 3.
- Align groove for manual shift shaft pin with pin hole in case. Install manual shift shaft pin using mallet. See Fig 4.