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Planetary Assembly

Planetary Gearset Exploded View 

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Item  Description 
1 Gear and shell assembly - front sun
2 Front planetary carrier/rear planetary ring gear assembly
3 Planetary carrier shell - front
4 Carrier - front planetary
5 Ring gear - rear planetary
6 Gear - center planetary sun
7 Center planetary carrier/front ring gear assembly
8 Ring gear - front planetary
9 Planetary carrier assembly - center
10 Rear planetary carrier/center ring gear assembly
11 Gear - center ring
12 Carrier - rear planetary
13 Gear - rear planetary sun

Planetary Gearset 

This transmission has 3 planetary gearsets to provide operation in reverse and 6 forward speeds.

Front planetary gearset consists of the following components:

The front planetary sun gear is splined to the forward (1, 2, 3, 4) clutch and is held stationary in 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th gear.

The front planetary carrier is splined to the rear ring gear and transfers power from the rear planetary gearset to the front planetary gearset in 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 6th gear and reverse. The front planetary carrier is the output component for the planetary gearset as it is splined to the output hub.

The front planetary ring gear is splined to the center planetary carrier and transfers power from the center planetary gearset to the front planetary gearset in 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th gear.

Center planetary gearset consists of the following components:

The center planetary sun gear is splined to the input shaft and is used as input to the planetary gearsets in 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th gear.

The center planetary ring gear is splined to the rear planetary carrier. The center ring gear/rear planetary carrier is held stationary by the low One-Way Clutch (OWC) and low-reverse clutch in 1st gear and reverse. The center ring gear/rear planetary carrier is driven by the overdrive (4, 5, 6) clutch in 4th, 5th, and 6th gears.

Rear planetary gearset consists of the following components:

The rear planetary carrier is splined to the overdrive (4, 5, 6) clutch hub and transfers power from the input shaft to the rear planetary carrier in 4th, 5th and 6th gear.

The rear planetary sun gear is splined to both the intermediate (2, 6) clutch and the direct (3, 5, R) clutch. The rear planetary sun gear is held stationary by the intermediate (2, 6) clutch in 2nd and 6th gear and is driven by the direct (3, 5, R) clutch in 3rd and 5th gear and reverse.

Front Planetary Carrier Hub (Output Hub) 

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The front planetary carrier hub is splined to the front planetary carrier and the transfer shaft drive gear. This allows torque to be transferred from the planetary gearset to the final drive gearset.