Owner, Dealer and Parts Information

OWNER NOTIFICATION

Owners will be notified of this campaign on their vehicles by Chevrolet Motor Division (see copy of owner letter included with this bulletin).

DEALER CAMPAIGN RESPONSIBILITY

All unsold new vehicles in dealers' possession and subject to this campaign must be held and inspected/repaired per the service procedure of this campaign bulletin before owners take possession of these vehicles.

Dealers are to service all vehicles subject to this campaign at no charge to owners, regardless of mileage, age of vehicle, or ownership, from this time forward.

Owners of vehicles recently sold from your new vehicle inventory are to be contacted by the dealer, and arrangements made to make the required correction according to instructions contained in this bulletin.

In summary, whenever a vehicle subject to this campaign enters your vehicle inventory, or is in your dealership for service in the future, please take the steps necessary to be sure the campaign correction has been made before selling or releasing the vehicle.








PARTS INFORMATION

Parts required to complete this campaign are to be obtained from General Motors Service Parts Operations (GMSPO). To ensure these parts will be obtained as soon as possible, they should be ordered from GMSPO on a "C.I.O. order with no special instruction code, but on an advise code (2).





Order only one rear internal gear repair package per vehicle based on the transmission model type. Transmission model type is identified by the model code on the transmission as illustrated.

Note that each rear internal gear repair package (P/N 08687940 or 08687939) consists of two layers of parts. The contents of each layer are listed.

1st Layer:
Center Support, Center Support Bolt, Rear Internal Gear, Pump Assembly Bolts, Filter Assembly, Converter Seal Assembly, 4th Clutch Bolt, Small Package With Oil Fill Tube Multi-Lip Seal, Manual Shift Shaft Seal Assembly & Force Motor Feed Filter Assembly.

2nd Layer:
(Under Cardboard Insert) Center Support Seal Rings, Pump, Gasket, Pump Seal, Rear Servo Cover Gasket, And Valve-Body-To-Case Gasket.

Notice:
The previous center support and rear internal gear must be discarded after the normal warranty retention period. Do not reuse these arts.

Also, some parts in kits 08686940 and 08687939 will not be installed as part of the procedures in this bulletin.