Front Planetary Carrier Hub (Output Hub)

2007 Ford Escape Base, 2.3 Z, FWD, AutomaticSECTION Front Planetary Carrier Hub (Output Hub)
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2010 Mercury Milan and 2010 Ford Fusion. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.

The front planetary carrier hub/park gear is splined to the front planetary carrier and the drive chain drive sprocket. This allows torque to be transferred from the planetary gearset to the final drive gearset.

Front Planetary Carrier Hub Cutaway ViewΒ 

Fig 1: Cutaway View Of Front Planetary Carrier Hub
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Front Planetary Carrier Hub Exploded ViewΒ 

Fig 2: Exploded View Of Front Planetary Carrier Hub
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ITEM DESCRIPTION

Item Part Number Description
1 7D491 Front planetary carrier
2 7060 Front planetary carrier hub/park gear
3 7G132 Drive chain drive sprocket
RENDER: 1.0x

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