SSANGYONG KYRON 2010.01 Manual page 580

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ION 4-SPEED
KYRON 2010.01
▶ Torque converter
The torque converter consists of a turbine,
stator pump, impeller and a lock-up damper
and piston assembly. As in conventional
torque converters, the impeller is attached to
the converter cover, the turbine is splined to
the input shaft and the stator is mounted on
the pump housing via a one way clutch
(sprag).
The addition of the damper and piston
assembly en-ables the torque converter to
lock-up under favorable conditions.
Lock-up is only permitted to occur in third
and fourth gears under specified throttle and
vehicle speed conditions.
Lock-up is achieved by applying hydraulic
pressure to the damper and piston assembly
which couples the turbine to the converter
cover, locking-up
eliminating unwanted slippage. Whenever
lock-up occurs, improved fuel consumption
is achieved. Torsional damper springs are
provided in the damper and piston assembly
to absorb any engine torque fluctuations
during lock-up.
the converter and