GM Service Manual Online
For 1990-2009 cars only

Checks

Causes

Channel Plates

Damaged

Drive and Driven Sprockets

Broken

Drive Link Assembly

Broken

Driven Sprocket Support

Damaged, porosity, leaking

Final Drive

Damaged, splines worn

Final Drive Pinions

    • Spalled pins or pinions
    • Lack of lube

Forward/Coast Clutch Support

No lube

Forward Sprag Clutch

Worn, broken or locked

Gaskets

Damaged

Manual Valve and Link

Not attached to detent lever

Pump Shaft

Broken

Scavenge Pipe Seal

Damaged or missing

Scavenger, Primary Pumps

Seized, broken pump gears

Torque Converter

    • Broken lug, failed lug weld
    • Sheared lug bolts
    • Worn turbine shaft splines
    • Low fluid
    • Pump hub cracked or broken
    • Internal failure
    • Closure weld failure
    • Cover cracked at weld

Turbine Shaft

Dislodged, stripped splines