Drive Motor - 1st Position Installation

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Courtesy of GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY

Callout	Component Name
1	Drive Motor - 1st Position WARNING: The generator motor weighs approximately 23 kg (50 lbs). Personal injury may result if you lift the generator motor improperly. CAUTION: DO NOT contact or rest the drive motor stator on the copper end coils. Damage to the copper end coils may cause a high voltage short during vehicle operation, resulting in component damage. Procedure Install the DT-51623 motor lift bar. Install the DT-51624 alignment pins. Carefully tip the drive motor onto its side, resting on the cast aluminum support. Never rest the drive motor on the stator copper end coils. Attach a lift assist hook through the DT-51623 motor lift bar handle hole and carefully raise the drive motor while holding it to rotate into position for assembly. Carefully lower the drive motor into the transmission case ensuring the copper end coils do not contact any metallic parts. NOTE: Ensure the seal sizer has been removed from the variable high clutch fluid transfer seals. Use the DT-51624 alignment pins to guide the drive motor into position. Guide the drive motor resolver wire through the transmission case while lowering the drive motor using a lift assist. The drive motor should sit below the cast line in the transmission case when properly installed. Special Tools DT-51623 Motor Lift Bar DT-51624 Alignment Pins For equivalent regional tools, refer to Special Tools .
2	Automatic Transmission Case Extension Bolt [4x] CAUTION: Refer to Fastener Caution . Tighten 26 N.m (19 lb ft)
3	Drive Motor Power Inverter Module 3-Phase Cable Bolt [3x] Tighten 9 N.m (80 lb in)

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Component Name

Drive Motor - 1st Position

WARNING:

The generator motor weighs approximately 23 kg (50 lbs). Personal injury may result if you lift the generator motor improperly.

CAUTION:

DO NOT contact or rest the drive motor stator on the copper end coils. Damage to the copper end coils may cause a high voltage short during vehicle operation, resulting in component damage.

Procedure

Install the DT-51623 motor lift bar.
Install the DT-51624 alignment pins.
Carefully tip the drive motor onto its side, resting on the cast aluminum support. Never rest the drive motor on the stator copper end coils.
Attach a lift assist hook through the DT-51623 motor lift bar handle hole and carefully raise the drive motor while holding it to rotate into position for assembly.
Carefully lower the drive motor into the transmission case ensuring the copper end coils do not contact any metallic parts.

NOTE:

Ensure the seal sizer has been removed from the variable high clutch fluid transfer seals.

Use the DT-51624 alignment pins to guide the drive motor into position.
Guide the drive motor resolver wire through the transmission case while lowering the drive motor using a lift assist.
The drive motor should sit below the cast line in the transmission case when properly installed.

Special Tools

DT-51623 Motor Lift Bar
DT-51624 Alignment Pins

For equivalent regional tools, refer to Special Tools .

Automatic Transmission Case Extension Bolt [4x]

CAUTION:

Refer to Fastener Caution .

Tighten
26 N.m (19 lb ft)

Drive Motor Power Inverter Module 3-Phase Cable Bolt [3x]
Tighten
9 N.m (80 lb in)