Installing Forward Clutch Piston; Clutch Plate Identification; Installing Forward Clutch Composition And Steel Plates - Pontiac Grand Prix Service Manual

TURBO HYDRA-MATIC-M-40 73-33
Fig.
7E-88
Installing Forward Clutch Piston
1. Place new inner and outer oil seals on clutch piston,
lips face away from spring pockets (Fig. 7E-85).
NOTE: The forward and direct clutch pistons have
identical inside and outside diameters. It is possible to
reverse the pistons during reassembly, therefore care
should be exercised to make certain the proper piston be
installed in the clutch assemblies.
As shown in Fig.
7E-102,
the forward clutch piston can
be identifed by the blind hole in the clutch apply face of
the piston.
2. Place a new center seal on clutch housing, lip faces
up (Fig. 7E-86).
COMPOSI'I'ION
Fig.
7E-89
Installing Forward Clutch Composition
and Steel Plates
Fig. 7E-90 Clutch Plate Identification
3. Place Seal Protector Tool J 21362 over clutch hub
and install outer clutch piston Seal Protector J 21409
into clutch drum and install piston, rotating piston on
drum until seated (Fig. 7E-88).
4. Install sixteen (16) clutch release springs into
pockets in piston.
5. Place spring retainer and snap ring on springs.
6. Compress springs, using Clutch Compressor Tools J
4670, J 6129 and J 8765 and install snap ring (Fig. 7E
84).
7. Install turbine shaft in forward clutch housing, using
arbor press.
8. histall forward clutch hub washers on forward clutch
hub. Retain with petrolatum.
9. Place forward clutch hub into forward clutch
housing.
10. Oil and install five (5) radial grooved composition
and four (4) flat steel and one (1) waved steel clutch
plate (plate with
"U"
notches) starting with waved
steel and alternating composition and steel clutch
plates (Fig. 7E-89).
NOTE: Radially grooved composition clutch plates are
installed at the fartory only. A L L service composition
phtes have the smooth surface configuration.
CAUTION: Do not confure the f i t steel plate (platt
with
"V'
notch) with the waved steel clutch plate (plate
with "U" notch). See Fig. 7E-90.
11. Install direct clutch hub and retaining snap ring
(Fig. 7E-9 1).