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Automatic Transaxle: General Description: Transaxle

The transaxle is made up of the torque converter and gear train. A 3-element, 1-step, 2-phase torque converter with built-in torque converter clutch is used. The gear train is made up of three sets of multi-plate clutches, two sets of multi-plate brakes, one set of one-way clutches and two sets of planetary gears. The planetary gears are made up of sun gears, carriers, pinion gears and annulus gears.

Fig 1: Transaxle Configuration Drawing
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Fig 2: Transaxle Components And Functions
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