Automatic Transmission/Transaxle: Service and Repair

Removal:





- Remove exhaust front tube.
- Remove fluid charging pipe from A/T assembly.
- Remove bolts securing torque converter to drive plate.
- Remove those bolts by turning crankshaft.
- Plug up opening such as oil charging pipe hole, etc.

Installation:





- Drive plate runout

Maximum allowable runout: 0.5 mm (0.020 in)

- If this amount is out of allowance, replace drive plate with ring gear.





- When connecting torque converter to transmission, measure distance "A" to be certain that they are correctly assembled.

Distance "A": 26 mm (1.02 in) or more

- Install converter to drive plate.
- Reinstall any part removed.
- After converter is installed, rotate crankshaft several turns and check to be sure that transmission rotates freely without binding.





- Check fluid level in transmission.
- Move selector lever through all positions to be sure that transmission operates correctly.
- With parking brake applied, rotate engine at idling.
- Move selector lever through "N" to "D", to "2", to "1" and to R". A slight shock should be felt by hand gripping selector each time transmission is shifted.





- Perform road test.