Manual Control Lever Shaft and Seal
Manual Control Lever Shaft and SealSpecial Tool(s):
Material:
Removal
1. With the vehicle in NEUTRAL, position it on a hoist.
2. If equipped, remove the heat shield.
3. Move the locking tab up and disconnect the selector lever cable from the manual lever ball stud.
4. Remove the fluid fill plug fluid level indicator assembly located on the passenger side front portion of the transmission case. Removal of the plug will relieve any vacuum that might have built up in the transmission. This will aid in allowing the fluid pan to be easily removed when the bolts are removed.
5. Remove the transmission fluid pan and allow the fluid to drain.
6. Remove and discard the transmission fluid filter.
7. Remove the fluid pan gasket.
8. CAUTION: Do not pull on the wire harness to disconnect the connector or damage to the connector will occur.
Disconnect the main transmission electrical harness by twisting the outer shell and pulling back on the connector.
9. Pull the release tab and pull down on the bulkhead connector retainer.
10. CAUTION: Do not touch the electrical connector pins or the exposed solenoid tabs on the TCM. Electrostatic discharge may occur and may cause damage to the mechatronic unit.
With the release tab down, pull the outer shell of the bulkhead electrical connector out of the transmission control module (TCM).
11. CAUTION: Do not touch the electrical connector pins or the exposed solenoid tabs on the TCM. Electrostatic discharge may occur and may cause damage to the mechatronic unit.
Pull the bulkhead electrical connector out of the transmission.
12. Remove the 11 bolts from the mechatronic assembly and remove the mechatronic assembly.
13. Remove the park rod actuating plate.
14. Remove the manual control lever.
1 Remove the roll pin.
2 Slide the manual control lever shaft out of the case.
3 Hold the spacer to keep it from falling out of the case.
4 Remove the manual valve inner lever and the park rod as an assembly.
15. Remove and discard the manual control lever seal.
Installation
1. Position a new manual control lever seal in place.
2. Using the special tool, install a new manual control lever shaft seal.
3. Install the manual lever in the case.
1 Slide the manual lever in the case.
2 Position the spacer in place while sliding the manual lever into the spacer.
3 Position the manual valve inner lever while sliding the manual lever and lining up the roll pin hole.
4 Install the roll pin.
4. Position the park rod in place. Push down on the park pawl and position the park rod in place.
5. While holding the park rod down, install the park rod actuating plate.
^ Tighten to 10 Nm (89 lb-in).
6. NOTE: Before installing the mechatronic assembly into the transmission case, verify presence and correct orientation of the thermal bypass valve, pump adapter seal and center support seals. Also note that one or more of the center support seals may have remained in the mechatronic assembly during removal and should be installed into the transmission case at this time.
Verify the 4 rubber feed tubes for the center support are in place.
1 Black feed tube.
2 Green feed tube.
3 Blue feed tube.
7. Verify the rubber adapter is in place.
8. Verify the thermal bypass valve is in the case.
9. CAUTION: Do not touch the electrical connector pins or the exposed solenoid tabs on the TCM. Electrostatic discharge may occur and may cause damage to the mechatronic unit.
Position the mechatronic assembly in place and loosely install the 11 bolts.
1 Align the manual valve and control lever linkage.
10. Tighten the mechatronic bolts in the sequence shown.
^ Tighten to 6 Nm (53 lb-in).
11. CAUTION: Do not touch the electrical connector pins. Electrostatic discharge may occur and will cause damage to the mechatronic unit.
With the release tab down and unlocked, push the outer shell of the bulkhead electrical connector into the transmission. Make sure that the bulkhead connector is fully seated into the TCM.
12. Press up on the tab and lock the outer shell of the bulkhead electrical connector in place.
13. Install a new transmission fluid filter.
14. NOTE: The fluid pan gasket can be reused if not damaged.
Install the transmission fluid pan gasket if necessary.
15. Install the fluid pan and tighten the bolts in a crisscross pattern.
^ Tighten to 14 Nm (10 lb-ft).
16. Connect the main transmission electrical harness by pushing it in and twisting the outer shell to lock it in place.
17. NOTE: When installing the selector lever cable, make sure that the selector lever cable locking tabs are locked in place and the cable end is snapped onto the ball stud. Press the selector lever cable into the bracket and listen for the cable to click into place. Pull back on the selector lever cable to make sure that it is locked into the bracket. Also, make sure that the selector lever cable end is correctly installed onto the ball stud. Pull back on the selector lever cable to make sure that the cable end is correctly installed.
Connect the selector lever cable onto the ball stud and move the locking tab down.
^ Listen for the audible click.
^ Pull back on the selector lever cable to make sure that it is correctly installed.
18. If equipped, install the heat shield.
19. Using the refill procedure, fill and check the transmission fluid.