Genuine 2007 Honda Fit Transmission Assembly

2007 Honda Fit Transmission Assembly Parts Questions & Experts Answers

• Q: How to remove and install the Transmission Assembly on a 2007 Honda Fit?

  A: The transaxle can be removed from 2008 and earlier model by first removing the air filter housing and bracket, the battery as well as battery base. Some connectors and harness brackets when released while others you have to remove the bolts holding the wiring harness to the transaxle. If there is not hook provided for the chain, put a bolt into the engine at the transaxle end for the chain and put the fixture of the engine support. Take out the left-side upper transaxle mount, lift the car on a hoist or on jackstands, and then take off the under-carriage shield and siphon out the lubricant in the transaxle. Put a drain pan under transaxle cooler hoses, remove the hoses and direct them upwards in order to avoid any spillage of the fluid. The bolts of shift cable cover must be unscrewed and the cover must be taken off; the shift cable must be disconnected and the left and right drive axles and the intermediate shaft must be taken off. Then torque converter cover and bolts have to be removed, then subframe. Place another jack beneath the front of the transaxle, raise it slightly so that it would not slip, and then remove the bolts that attach the engine to the transaxle, observe and place in a place where it cannot be lost. Remove any remaining wiring harness clips or connectors, unbolt the transaxle from the engine and then exit the vehicle with the transaxle. For 2009 and later models, raise the vehicle securely, then, disconnect the steering joint at the base of the steering column, then unbolt the battery and battery base, the wiper arms and the cowl covers, followed by the air filter housing and bracket. Remove any connector connectors and harness brackets, remove the two upper tranaxle to engine bolts and repeat steps that were done in order to drain the lubricant and to disconnect the cooler hoses. First, pull off the Electronic Power Steering connector, second, the down stream oxygen sensor bracket bolt third; unscrew the shift cable bolts and cover. Take off the left and right driveaxles, subframe, shift cable and bracket, roll restrictor bracket and torque converter cover and bolts. Place the transaxle on a jack and then take out the transaxle mount and bracket bolts, and the transaxle to engine bolts. Search out other wiring harness clips or connectors if any and pull transaxle out from the engine and remove it from car. New O-rings and copper sealing washers should be used during the installation of the transaxle cooler and lines and the dowel pins in the engine block should be examined. Check whether the torque converter hub has locked into the pump; then lift and position the transaxle backward to rest on the engine rear, swivel the torque converter s properly in order that the bolts' holes are accurately lined. Slide forward the transaxle so that the dowel pins as well as the torque converter comes in, fit and tighten the bolts for the transaxle to engine as well as the torque converter bolts and then complete the procedure in the reverse of the steps used in the removal of the transaxle. Add fluid to the transaxle to the recommended level, engage the engine, apply the parking break and shift through all gears of the transaxle for three times. Let the engine warm up, check the level of the fluid, and take the car for a few minutes' drive to look for any signs of leakage.