Assemble

1. Install input shaft lip seal on shaft inside drum with lip pointing toward input shaft and lubricate.

2. Install piston seal with lip pointing away from concave side of piston and lubricated.

3. Using tool No. J 23084 or equivalent to protect piston seal, install piston into clutch drum, then remove tool No. J 23084.

4. Install springs and spring seat in piston.






5. Compress springs using a press and tool No. J 23075 or equivalent and a press. Do not let spring seat catch in snaring groove. Do not damage spring seat by overcompressing.

6. Install snap ring and remove tool No. J 23075.

7. Install conical steel plate with bevel facing down.


8. Install clutch plates in hub, beginning with a steel plate, then alternating with composition plates. New composition plates should be soaked in automatic transmission fluid for at least 15 minutes before installation.

9. Align internal clutch tangs, then install thrust washer and bearing, holding them in place with assembly lube.






10. Install retaining rings and sprag cage onto sun gear. Flared shoulder of sprag cage must face toward sun gear.






11. Holding sun gear in left hand and turning sprag with right hand, check sprag assembly. It should freewheel when rotated counterclockwise and hold when rotated clockwise.

12. Complete assembly as follows:






a. Install ring compressor tool No. J 29351 or equivalent on sprag race to compress retaining ring, Fig. 24.

b. Install 5 sprag assembly into clutch drum, then remove tool No. J 29351 and seat retaining ring in groove of drum.