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Service Information: Clutches-Holding: Description

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Fig 1: Identifying Holding Clutches
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1 - B1 CLUTCH 10 - CENTER PLANETARY GEARSET ANNULUS GEAR
2 - EXTERNALLY TOOTHED DISC 11 - CENTER PLANETARY GEARSET PINION GEARS
3 - INTERNALLY TOOTHED DISC 12 - CENTER PLANETARY GEARSET SUN GEAR
4 - B3 CLUTCH 13 - FRONT PLANETARY GEARSET PINION GEARS
5 - B2 CLUTCH 14 - FRONT PLANETARY GEARSET SUN GEAR
6 - B3 CLUTCH PISTON 15 - B1 CLUTCH INTERNALLY TOOTHED DISC CARRIER
7 - B2 CLUTCH PISTON 16 - B1 CLUTCH PISTON
8 - B2 CLUTCH INTERNALLY TOOTHED DISC CARRIER 17 - B1 CLUTCH EXTERNALLY TOOTHED DISC CARRIER
9 - REAR PLANETARY GEARSET PLANETARY CARRIER

Three multiple-disc holding clutches, the front, B1 (1), middle, B3 (4), and rear multiple disc clutches, B2 (5), are located in the planetary gear sets in the transmission housing. See Fig 1.

A multiple-disc holding clutch consists of a number of internally toothed discs (3) on an internally toothed disc carrier and externally toothed discs (2) on an externally toothed disc carrier, which is rigidly connected to the transmission housing.