Acura 2002 RSX Service Manual page 774

Valve Body
Valve Bodies and ATF Strainer Installation (cont'd)
NOTE: Refer to the Exploded View as needed during the
following procedure.
1. Install the main separator plate (A) and two dowel
prns on the torque converter housing. Then install
the ATF pump drive gear (B), driven gear (C), and
ATF pump driven gear shaft (D). Install rhe ATF
pump driven gear with its grooved and chamfered
side facing down.
2. Installthe main valve body.
3. Make sure the ATF pump drive gear (A) rotates
smoothly in the normal operating direction, and the
ATF pump driven gear shaft (B) moves smoothlV in
the axialand normal operating direction.
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4. lf the ATF pump drive gear and ATF pump driven
gear shaft do not move smoothly, loosen the main
valve body bolts. Realign the ATF pump driven
gear shaft, and retighten the bolts to the specified
torque, then recheck. Failure to align the ATF pump
driven gear shaft correctly will result in a seized
ATF pump drive gear or ATF pump driven gear
shaft.
5. Make sure that the check balls {two) are in the main
valve body, and installthe cooler check valve and
the cooler check valve spring.
NOTE:
. Cooler check valve (ball) applies to the '02 model;
transmission number 1000001 - 1006166.
. Cooler check valve applies to the '02 model;
transmission number 1006'167 or later, and ,03
mooet.
6. Installthe regulator separator plate and dowel pins
(two) on the main valve body.
7. Installthe stator shaft and stator shaft stop.
8. Installthe regulator valve body (seven bolts).
9. Installthe servo separator plate and dowel pins
(two) on the main valve body.
10. Installthe servo body ('13 bolts)
11. Install the ATF strainer (two bolts).
12. Installthe ATF joint pipes (one bott).
13. lnstallthe ATF feed pipes in the regulator valve
body and servo body.