Selector Shaft - 5.0L Ti-VCT V8 (308kW/418PS): Installation
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NOTE: If needed, apply petroleum jelly to help the washer stay on the shift shaft.
Install the shift shaft assembly washers.
- Install the shift shaft assembly.
- Install the shift gate and the bolts.
Torque
: 18 lb.ft (24 Nm)
- Install the shift rail mechanism.
- Loosely install the center support and finger tighten the bolts.
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NOTE: The center support must be tightened evenly or damage to the center support or transmission case can occur.
Apply threadlock to the center support bolts and evenly tighten the center support bolts.
Material: Motorcraft® Threadlock 262 / TA-26 (WSK-M2G351-A6)
Torque: 18 lb.ft (24 Nm)
- Install the shift shaft dampener and bolts.
Torque: 18 lb.ft (24 Nm)
- Install the 2nd gear needle bearing.
- Install the 2nd gear.
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NOTE: The synchronizer ring tabs must engage into the gear slots or damage to the synchronizer ring assembly can occur.
Install the 2nd gear synchronizer ring assembly.
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NOTE: The 3 synchronizer ring tabs must engage into the 3 synchronizer hub slots or damage to the synchronizer hub and the synchronizer ring assembly can occur.NOTE: The long shoulder of the 1st/2nd synchronizer hub must be facing 2nd gear or damage to the synchronizer hub can occur.
With the long shoulder of the 1st/2nd synchronizer hub must be facing 2nd gear, use the special tool and install the 1st/2nd synchronizer hub. Use Special Service Tool: 308-809 Installer, Syncro Gear Pack.
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NOTE: Slide the synchronizer sleeve up to install the pressure pieces.
Install the synchronizer sleeve and the 3 synchronizer detents.
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NOTE: The synchronizer ring tabs must engage into the gear slots or damage to the synchronizer ring assembly can occur.
Install the 1st gear synchronizer ring assembly.
- Install the 1st/2nd synchronizer hub snap ring.
- Install the 1st gear needle bearing.
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NOTE: The synchronizer ring tabs must engage into the gear slots or damage to the synchronizer assembly and synchronizer ring assembly can occur.
Install the 1st gear.
- Using the special tool, install the reverse gear needle bearing race. Use Special Service Tool: 308-809 Installer, Syncro Gear Pack.
- Install the reverse gear needle bearing.
- Install the reverse gear.
- Install the reverse gear synchronizer rings.
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NOTE: The 3 synchronizer ring tabs must engage into the 3 synchronizer assembly slots or damage to the synchronizer assembly and the synchronizer ring can occur.
Using the special tool, install the reverse gear synchronizer assembly. Use Special Service Tool: 308-809 Installer, Syncro Gear Pack.
- Install the 1st/2nd shift fork.
- Install the reverse shift fork and the reverse shift rail assembly.
- Install the 1st\2nd and reverse shift rail.
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NOTE: Do not use metal scrapers, wire brushes, power abrasive discs, or other abrasive means to clean sealing surfaces. These tools cause scratches and gouges which make leak paths.
Make sure that the mating faces are clean and free of foreign material. Refer to: RTV Sealing Surface Cleaning and Preparation .
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NOTE: Art shown with internal components removed for clarity.NOTE: Do not wait longer than 10 minutes to install the rear transmission case assembly due to rapid cure of the sealant.
Clean the sealing surfaces of the front transmission case and the sealing surfaces of the rear transmission case. Thinly coat the sealing surface of the front transmission case assembly and the sealing surface of the rear transmission case assembly with gasket maker.
Material: Motorcraft® Gasket Maker / TA-16 (WSK-M2G348-A5)
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NOTE: The rear transmission case assembly must be installed evenly with the transmission shifted into 4th gear, do not allow the shift rails to bind during installation or damage to the transmission case assembly can occur.
Using the special tools, install the rear transmission case assembly. Use Special Service Tool: 308-809 Installer, Syncro Gear Pack, 308-808 Installer, Rear Flange.
- Loosely install the bolts.
- Using a brass drift, tap the dowel pins flush with the transmission case.
- Tighten the transmission case bolts.
Torque: 18 lb.ft (24 Nm)
- Using a soft-faced hammer install the 4 shift rail detents.
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NOTE: Make sure the shift fork pivot bolts engage into the shift fork or damage to the shift fork can occur.
Apply threadlock and sealer and install the LH and RH reverse gear shift fork pivot bolts.
Material: Motorcraft® Threadlock 262 / TA-26 (WSK-M2G351-A6)
Torque: 27 lb.ft (37 Nm)
- Install the rev matching sensor/SGS (selected gear sensor), spacers and the bolts.
Torque: 89 lb.in (10 Nm)
- Install a new output shaft seal on the special tools. Use Special Service Tool: 308-811 Installer, Rear Seal, 205-153 (T80T-4000-W) Handle.
- Using the special tools, install the output shaft seal. Use Special Service Tool: 308-811 Installer, Rear Seal, 205-153 (T80T-4000-W) Handle.
- Using the special tools, install the output shaft flange. Use Special Service Tool: 308-809 Installer, Syncro Gear Pack, 308-808 Installer, Rear Flange.
- Clean the threads on the output shaft bolt and apply one dot of threadlock to the lower end of the output shaft bolt threads. Using the special tools, install the output shaft flange bolt and tighten in 3 stages. Use Special Service Tool: 308-938 Remover/Installer, Companion Flange Nut.
Material: Motorcraft® Threadlock 262 / TA-26 (WSK-M2G351-A6)
Torque: Stage 1: 148 lb.ft (200 Nm) Stage 2: Loosen: 5 turn(s) Stage 3: 133 lb.ft (180 Nm)
- Install the transmission. Refer to: Transmission - 5.0L 32V Ti-VCT .