Forward Clutch Drum Ball Check; Checking Free Back Height; Installing Forward Clutch Piston Assembly; Forward Clutch Pressure Plate Identification - Pontiac Grand Prix Service Manual

TURBO HYDRA-MATIC TRANSMISSION M-38 7 ~ - 3 3
FORWARD CLUT
BALL CHECK
EXHAUST
FORWARD CL
Fig. 7G-80 Forward Clutch Drum Ball Check
3. Install forward clutch piston assembly into drum
(Fig. 7G-81).
NOTE: For aiding installation, use a piece of .02Q'
music wire crimped into short section of copper tubing.
4. Install twenty-one (21) piston return springs and
spring seat into piston.
NOTE: Free length of springs is 1 1/16" by 1/2"
diameter.
5 . Using Clutch Spring Compressor
J 23327-1 in press,
compress spring seat and install piston retaining ring.
Fig. 7G-81 Installing Forward Clutch Piston
Assembly
Fig. 7G-82 Checking Free Back Height
6. Remove tool and lubricate plates with transmission
fluid.
7. On V-8 models, install c;shion spring, five (5) faced
plates and five (5) steel separator plates, starting with
cushion spring and alternating steel and faced plates;
on 6 cylinder models, install cushion spring, four (4)
faced and four (4) separator plates, starting with
cushion spring and alternating steel and faced plates
(Fig. 7G-76).
8. Install forward clutch pressure plate and its
retaining ring (Fig 7G-75).
9. Using a feeler gage, check free back height between
Fig. 7G-83 Forward Clutch Pressure Plate
Identification