Direct Clutch Pack-Exploded View; Removing Or Installing Clutch Piston Snap Ring; Removing Direct Clutch Piston - Pontiac TRANS AM 1977 Service Manual

TURBO HYDRA-MATIC 4 0 0 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
DIRECT CLUTCH
HOUSING
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COMPOSITION PLATES
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FLAT
STEEL PLATES
SNAP
RING
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Fig. 7A4-100 Direct Clutch Pack
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Exploded View
Fig.
7A4-101
Removing or Installing Clutch Piston Snap
Ring
PISTON MUST CONTAIN A CHECK
BA LL(S).
3. Install a new clutch center seal on hub of direct clutch
housing with lip of seal facing up (Fig. 7A4-107).
4. Place seal protectors, J 21362 Inner and J 21409
Outer, over hub and clutch housing and install clutch piston
with a rotating motion (Fig. 7A4-108).
5. Install fourteen (14) clutch release springs into spring
pockets in clutch piston, leaving two pockets diametrically
opposite with no springs.
NOTE: The fourteen (14) direct clutch release springs
are not serviced. If one or more of these springs require
replacement, discard all of them and install the sixteen
(16) service direct clutch springs.
Fig. 7A4- 1 0 2 Removing Direct Clutch Piston
6. Place spring retainer and snap ring on retainer.
7. Using Compressors J 4670, J 6129 and Ring J 8765,
install snap ring (Fig. 7A4- 101).
8. Install direct clutch plates into direct clutch housing
as follows:
a. (Models PC, PD and OC)
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Oil and install five (5)
composition-faced and five (5) flat steel clutch plates, starting
with a flat steel and alternating composition-faced and flat
steel clutch plates.
b. (Models PA, PB and OB)
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Oil and install four (4)
composition-faced and four (4) flat steel clutch plates,
starting with a flat steel and alternating composition-faced