Planetary Gearsets
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2006 Mercury Mariner and 2006 Ford Escape. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
The automatic transaxle has 2 planetary gearsets to provide operation in reverse and 4 forward speeds. The gearsets are comprised of the following components:
- Low/intermediate sun gear assembly
- Low/intermediate carrier assembly
- Low/intermediate ring gear assembly
- Reverse/overdrive sun gear and shell assembly
- Reverse/overdrive carrier assembly
- Reverse/overdrive ring gear assembly