Acura TSX / Honda Accord CL. Manual — part 809

Fig. 132: Installing The Snap Ring With A Screwdriver

19. Check that the clutch piston moves by applying air pressure into fluid passage.

VALVE BODY

VALVE BODY AND ATF STRAINER INSTALLATION

Exploded View

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Fig. 133: Exploded View of Valve Body Components

1. Make sure that the ATF magnet is cleaned and installed in the torque converter housing.

2. Install the main separator plate (A) and two dowel pins on the torque converter housing. Then install the

ATF pump drive gear (B), driven gear (C), and ATF pump driven gear shaft (D). Install the ATF pump
driven gear with its grooved and chamfered side facing down.

NOTE:

Refer to the exploded view as needed during the following procedures.

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Fig. 134: Installing The Main Separator Plate And Two Dowel Pins On The Torque Converter
Housing

3. Install the main valve body.

4. Make sure the ATF pump drive gear (A) rotates smoothly in the normal operating direction, and the ATF

pump driven gear shaft (B) moves smoothly in the axial and normal operating direction.

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Fig. 135: Ensure The ATF Pump Drive Gear Rotates Smoothly In The Normal Operating Direction

5. If the ATF pump drive gear and ATF pump driven gear shaft do not move smoothly, loosen the main

valve body bolts. Realign the ATF pump driven gear shaft, and retighten the bolts to the specified torque,
then recheck. Failure to align the ATF pump driven gear shaft correctly will result in a seized ATF pump
drive gear or ATF pump driven gear shaft.

6. Make sure that the two check balls and the cooler check valve are in the main valve body, then install the

cooler check valve spring in the cooler check valve.

7. Install the servo separator plate and two dowel pins on the main valve body.

8. Install the servo body (11 bolts). Install the ATF strainer with the two bolts in the bolt holes (A) in step

12, and install the baffle plate with the two bolts in the bolt holes (B) in step 2 in shaft assemblies and
housing installation.

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