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HOMESERVICE MANUALSACURA20043.5RLREPAIR AND DIAGNOSISTRANSMISSIONAUTOMATIC TRANSAUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION OVERHAUL - M5DATRANSAXLE REASSEMBLYVALVE BODIES & INTERNAL COMPONENTS
2004 Acura 3.5RL

Valve Bodies & Internal Components

2004 Acura 3.5RLSECTION Valve Bodies & Internal Components
NOTE: Coat all components with ATF before reassembly.
    CAUTION: Ensure oil pump driven gear is installed with chamfered and grooved side facing downward (toward separator plate).
  1. Install separator plate and dowel pins on torque converter housing. See Figure. Install oil pump drive gear, oil pump driven gear and oil pump driven gear shaft.
  2. Install torque converter check valve and spring. Install oil pump body with bolts loosely installed. Ensure oil pump gears rotate smoothly and oil pump driven gear shaft moves freely.
    3. CAUTION: Ensure accumulator cover is held downward while tightening bolts to prevent damage to bolt threads.
  3. Install accumulator body. Install and tighten bolts to specification. See TORQUE SPECIFICATIONS .
    4. CAUTION: Ensure oil pump gears rotate smoothly and oil pump driven gear shaft moves freely once oil pump body is installed. If components do not operate correctly, loosen oil pump body bolts and accumulator body bolts and realign oil pump gears and oil pump driven gear shaft. Failure to align oil pump driven gear shaft may result in seized oil pump gears or shaft.
  4. Install dowel pins and accumulator cover. Hold accumulator cover downward. Install and tighten bolts to specification. Tighten oil pump body bolts to specification.
  5. Install NEW filter in oil pump body. Ensure filter is installed in proper direction. See Figure.
  6. Install dowel pins and separator plate on oil pump body. Install stator shaft, NEW "O" ring and stopper pin.
  7. Install regulator valve body. Install and tighten bolts to specification. Install all oil pipes in accumulator body.
  8. Install parking brake rod, detent lever and control shaft (if removed). See Figure. Install bolt and NEW bolt lock on detent lever. Tighten detent lever bolt to specification. Bend over tabs on bolt lock.
  9. Install secondary gear and extension shaft assembly in torque converter housing. Install mainshaft and countershaft as an assembly in torque converter housing. Install dowel pins and NEW gasket on torque converter housing.
    10. CAUTION: Ensure countershaft and mainshaft speed sensors are not installed in transaxle housing when installing transaxle housing on torque converter housing.
  10. Install transaxle housing on torque converter housing. Install and tighten transaxle housing bolts to specification in sequence using 3 steps. See Figure.
  11. Install NEW "O" rings on countershaft and mainshaft speed sensors. Install washers on mainshaft and countershaft speed sensors.
  12. Install countershaft and mainshaft speed sensors on transaxle housing. Install and tighten bolts to specification. See TORQUE SPECIFICATIONS .
  13. Install countershaft 2nd gear with one-way clutch, needle bearings, thrust washer and thrust needle bearing on countershaft. See Figure.
  14. Install gear collar, thrust needle bearing and needle bearing on mainshaft. Engage mainshaft 2nd gear with teeth on parking gear. Install mainshaft 2nd gear and parking gear as an assembly onto mainshaft and countershaft. See Figure.
  15. Using hammer and Driver (07746-0030100), tap parking gear onto countershaft. Install parking pawl shaft, parking pawl spring, parking pawl and parking pawl shaft sleeve.
  16. Install oil pipe in accumulator cover. Install distance collar and NEW disc spring on countershaft. Ensure disc spring is installed with large area toward distance collar. See Figure. Install thrust needle bearing and thrust washer on mainshaft.
  17. Wrap splines of countershaft and mainshaft with tape. Install NEW "O" rings on countershaft and mainshaft. Remove tape. Install 2nd clutch on mainshaft.
  18. Install reverse clutch, gear collar, needle bearing, thrust needle bearing and countershaft reverse gear on countershaft. Install thrust needle bearing, thrust washer, ball bearing, NEW washer and NEW countershaft lock nut.
  19. Install NEW disc spring on mainshaft. Ensure disc spring is installed with large area toward 2nd clutch. See Figure. Install distance collar, mainshaft reverse gear, ball bearing, NEW washer and NEW mainshaft lock nut.
  20. Install Mainshaft Holder (07924-PJ4010A) on mainshaft to secure mainshaft. See Figure. Engage parking pawl with parking gear. Tighten mainshaft and countershaft lock nuts to specification. Stake lock nuts against shaft.
  21. Remove mainshaft holder. Install dowel pins, oil pipes, NEW "O" rings and NEW gasket for rear cover on transaxle housing.
    22. NOTE: Ensure snap ring fully engages groove on ball bearing. It may be necessary to raise countershaft upward so snap ring will fully engage with ball bearing.
  22. Install rear cover and engage reverse gears with reverse idler gear while rotating mainshaft. Install snap ring in groove of ball bearing on end of countershaft.
  23. Install and tighten rear cover bolts to specification. See TORQUE SPECIFICATIONS . Apply thread sealant on threads of sealing bolt for rear cover. Install sealing bolt on rear cover and tighten to specification.
  24. Install dowel pins for lower valve body assembly in transaxle housing. Position electrical connector on lower valve body assembly through opening on transaxle housing.
  25. Install lower valve body assembly. Ensure manual valve engages with detent lever. Install and tighten lower valve body assembly-to-transaxle housing bolts to specification.
  26. Install fluid strainer using NEW "O" ring. Tighten bolts to specification. Install connector stopper on electrical connector. See Figure. Tighten connector stopper bolt to specification.
  27. Install dowel pins, NEW gasket and oil pan. Install and tighten bolts to specification. Install NEW seal washer on drain plug. Tighten drain plug to specification.
  28. Using NEW seal washers, install cooler pipes and joint bolts. Tighten joint bolts to specification. See TORQUE SPECIFICATIONS . Reconnect electrical connector to transaxle sub-harness.
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