Mitsubishi Eclipse II technical information manual page 161

text version of content this owner's manual page from owners manual to the vehicle Mitsubishi Eclipse, year of production 1995 - 1999:

2-48 POWER TRAIN- Automatic Transaxle Rear Carrier Assembly The rear planetary carrier, frontannulus (ring) gear and output shaft are all one assembly. The rear carrier assembly is respon- ‘d sible for providing all output power for the transaxle assembly. out In other words, all output from the transaxle must go through sha the rear carrier. The lugs around the outside of the assembly have two purposes; to engage the parking pawl when the driver I annulus selects “park”, and to generate an output speed signal used Lugs for parking gear by the TCM. pawl and output There are no clutches splined or connected to this unit in any speed sensor way. The rear carrier assembly is supported to the case by two tapered roller bearings which must be set up with a specific preload setting. Planetary Geartrain Powerflow The planetary gear-train in this transaxle provides same speed and in the same direction, and all output four forward gear ratios and one reverse gear ratio. from this gearset must go through the rear carrier To obtain these different gear ratios, two planetary assembly. d carrier and pinion assemblies, two sun gears and The planetary gear-train is driven by three input two annulus (ring) gears are used. Two shafts are used as input to the planetary gearset, the under- clutches. One of the input clutches must be applied before the vehicle can move. A variety of gear ratios drive hub and shaft assembly, and the overdrive are accomplished by using different input clutches hub with its shaft. The underdrive shaft protrudes to turn different components of the planetary gear through, the center of the overdrive shaft and is the longer of the two. set. Two clutches in the rear of the case must be used to hold specific planetary components. When going through the following power flows, keep in To achieve any output through the components of this planetary gearset, the following rules apply; mind that the gear-train must somehow complete At least one component must be driven or turned, its power-flow by turning the rear carrier assembly. If the output shaft/rear carrier assembly does not one component must be held stationary (kept from turn, the vehicle will not move. rotating), two components must be driven at the

owners manual Mitsubishi Eclipse

owners manual Mitsubishi Eclipse - year of production: 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 - Mitsubishi Eclipse II technical information manual EN