Pontiac FIREBIRD 1972 Service Manual page 958

TURBO HYDRA-MATIC (M-40) TRANSMISSION 7E-69
CENTER SEAL
Fig. 7E-132 Installing Direct Clutch Center Seal
5. Install fourteen (14) clutch release springs into spring
pockets in clutch piston, leaving two pockets diamet-
rically opposite with no springs.
NOTE: The fourteen (14) direct clutch release
spnngs are
not
serviced. If one or more of these
springs require replacement, discard all of them
and install the sixteen (16) service direct clutch
spring.
6. Place spring retainer and snap ring on retainer.
7. Using Clutch Compressor Tool J 4670, J 6 129 and J
8765, install snap ring (Fig. 7E-127).
8. a. (Models PA, PB, PC, PT and PX) Lubricate with
transmission fluid and install five (5) composi-
tion, four (4) flat steel and one (1) waved steel
Fig. 7E-133 Installing Direct Clutch Piston
(plate with
"U"
notch) clutch plates, starting
with the waved steel plate and alternating com-
position and flat steel clutch plates (Fig. 7E-
1 26).
(Model P D Only) Lubricate with transmission
fluid and install four (4) composition, three (3)
flat steel and one (1) waved steel clutch plates,
starting with the waved steel plate and alternating
composition and flat steel clutch plates (Fig. 7E-
126).
(Models PG, PQ and PR) Lubricate with trans-
mission fluid and install five (5) composition and
five (5) flat steel clutch plates, starting with a flat
steel and alternating composition and flat steel
clutch plates.
(Model PH only) Lubricate with transmission
fluid and install six (6) composition and six (6)
flat steel clutch plates, starting with a flat steel
and alternating composition and flat steel clutch
plates.
CA UTI 0 N: Do not use radial groove composi-
tion plates here.
9. Install direct clutch backing plate.
10. Install backing plate snap ring (Fig. 78-128).
1 1. Install rollers that may have come out of the roller
cage by compressing the energizing spring with fore-
finger and inserting the roller from the outer side.
12. Turn until over and install the roller clutch assembly
onto the intermediate clutch inner cam (Fig. 7E-134).
qTERMEDIATE CLUTCH
ROLLER ASSEMBLY
DIRECT CLUTCH HOUSING
AND CAM ASSEMBLY
Fig. 7E-134 Installing Intermediate Roller Assembly