Pontiac FIREBIRD 1972 Service Manual page 1098

7G-60 1972 PONTIAC SERVICE MANUAL
PRESSURE PLATE
I
Fig. 7G-106 Removing or Installing Retaining Ring
FORWARD CLUTCH
DISASSEMBLE
1. Place forward clutch assembly in hole in bench, with
input shaft down, and remove forward clutch drum-
to-pressure plate retaining ring and forward clutch
pressure plate (Fig. 7G- 106).
2. On V-8 models, remove five (5) faced plates, five (5)
steel separator plates and the forward clutch housing
cushion spring (Fig. 7G-107).
On
6
cylinder models, remove four (4) faced plates,
four (4) steel separator plates and the forward clutch
housing cushion spring (Fig. 7G-107).
C U S H I O N SPRING
I
SEPARAT
PLATES
Fig. 7G-107 Removing or Installing Forward Clutch Plates
Fig. 7G-108 Removing Retaining Ring and Seat
3. Using Clutch Spring Compressor J 23327-1 in arbor
press, compress forward clutch piston return spring
seat and remove retaining ring.
4. Remove tool, spring seat, twenty-one (21) piston re-
turn springs and forward clutch piston assembly (Fig.
7G-108).
5. Remove inner and outer seals from forward clutch
piston (Fig. 7G- 109).
6. If required, remove input shaft from forward clutch
dru&, using a ram press or arbor press.
CLUTCH
PI
STON
I N N E R
SEAL
Fig.
7G-109
Removing Piston Inner and Outer Seals