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    Default two ZF 4HP22 repairs

    i took a few pics of core tranny parts to give a strong idea on how to repare this common defect, this tranny is in m20 bimmers, m30 bimmers after about 84, volvo 740 without overdrive non turbo, peugot and jag don't know which. this is how to repare the main problem with the tranny, when the car will only move in reverse and in extream cases not move at all.

    this is the cause of the problem, these steel seals leak and send pressure to the 1st gear clutch pack and burn it up

    these are the bolts to take out to remove the bellhousing and pump as a unit, unless you need to replace the converter bushing you do not need to take the pump apart or off of the bellhousing (i will describe the proceedure for that and why at the end of the post)

    heres the bh/pump assy off

    heres the front of the rest of the tranny and case

    grab the a-clutch basket and yank it out of the bh/pump assy

    heres the back side of the a-clutch basket, theres a steel bearing surface missing in this pic that you will have, between all rotating parts theres a bearing race (looks like a washer) flat roller bearing and another race

    you can leave the shaft in a-clutch basket or pop it out so the basket will sit flat on a bench, of you can just leave the whole thing in the bh/pump assy while you do the clutches. theres a spring clip that holds the basket together that you remove with a screwdriver or pick

    inspect the basket for cracks, i've found a few blown up from people who didn't take no for a answer, also look at the grove the spring clip was in, those ears can break

    heres the pack of disks and plates, theres a black wavy disk on the top and bottom of the pack that you reuse

    this pressure plate is under all of the clutches, you can see some of the burnt clutch on it, clean that off and clean under it

    heres a new disc and steel, soak the discs in fresh atf a few minutes before installing

    with the teflon seals there should be a drill bit and a sandpaper flap drill thingie, i've never drilled the hole in the 25-30 trannys i've done, it's up to you, it's to releve any future leak pressure, i've been doing these for over 5 years and have yet to have one of my repares fail. the sandpaper drill thingie is used to knock down any burrs left from the steel seals here

    seals

    and where they go

    after cleaning the bore from honing it, stick the input shaft back in the a-clutch basket (if you removed it) lube the seals and bore with atf, make sure the three pieces of the bearing are inplace and slide the a-clutch assy back into the bh/pump assy, it will seat with a thunk and spin freely
    put this bearing race on the of the input shaft/a-clutch assy, then the bearing and last the other race, it will be the smallest of all the races

    then insert this gear into the a-clutch assy

    till it's bottomed out in the clutch pack
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    if you didn't break the paper gasket that seals the pump to the tranny you can reuse it, a new one is a bitch to fit onto the pump without ripping it, all that's left is to reinstall the bh/pump assy into the tranny, get comfy this can be fun sometimes, what the object is is to slip the fingers on the back of the a-clutch into the slots of the 2nd gear clutches in the tranny case, twisting the input shaft helps you gotta feal your way in, there will be no gap between the pump and tranny case when seated, tighten the 17mm bolts in a cross pattern, and you are done.
    take your time, look carefuly at how everything came apart, if in doubt dump atf all over it if it's inside of the tranny, the bently manual has a exploded view of the tranny if i remember right, when installing the converter make sure it's all the way in, if the tranny and motor won't go together find out why, don't pull it together with the bolts, you can destroy the pump and converter.

    i get most of my parts from these guys, but theres almost always a tranny parts place or two in town


    new problem
    the converter seal is leaking you just replaced it and it's leaking again, the bushing behind the seal has walked forward and is blocking the drain, time for a new bushing

    it's hiding here

    take the bellhousing pump assy off as seen in the a-clutch repair and take the rest of the bolts out of it and separate the pump from the bell housing and take the bolts out of the back of the pump, then you can strip the pump all the way down and press the new bushing in, reassebly is covered in the a-clutch repair
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    god i need a beer after all that! somebody grab this and host it for the board please, it may be useful
    all america wants is cold beer warm cat and a place to take a poop with a door on it

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    Thanks.

    Most helpful, got my haynes manual in the post, so as soon as it arrives we begin!

    Thanks again.

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    Default Great job Winfred! Thanks...

    Quote Originally Posted by winfred
    i took a few pics of core tranny parts to give a strong idea on how to repare this common defect, this tranny is in m20 bimmers, m30 bimmers after about 84, volvo 740 without overdrive non turbo, peugot and jag don't know which. this is how to repare the main problem with the tranny, when the car will only move in reverse and in extream cases not move at all.
    Though I will never attempt any tranny repair in my life (okay, MAYBE a clutch if I ever get a manual again), that doesn't stop from appreciating your post! Thanks for your efforts.

    Oh, and enjoy that beer. ;-)
    Peter

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    Default Bravo Winfred...one of the most important posts I have

    ever read on the board. Hats off! Excellent review of a common and expensive failure for ZF autobox owners like me. As to drilling the little relief hole...I am right with you. Best to not drill the hole. No less an expert than Kirt Koeller does not drill a relief hole in any of these transmissions he rebuilds either and he does a lot of them.
    A question...if I were to run into this failure...do you now take on these repairs from forum members? Is so, what would be your price less shipping
    for a standard rebuild of clutches and seals?
    Many Thanks for your contribution Winfred...really good stuff.
    George
    90 735iL/149k...original ZF 4HP 22EH that still shifts like new..but for how
    long?

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    Great job Winfred!!! Kudos to you!

    Transmissions are just mechanical things. If you are new, looking at the insides of a transmission for the first time, it looks foreign and undaunting. But, when you have seen their inards and begin to understand how and why they work, they are no longer as difficult as they seemed at first. This repair I would liken to the 4L30E Intermediate Housing Gasket Failure repair. In that repair, you remove the bell housing, pump and all, the overdrive housing and there the gaskets are. They are easy to get to. From my experience the 4L30E is a great, strong transmission, the hard parts in mine were perfect, heck even the clutches were nice and thick and not glazed at all!


    And I see you get your parts from my supplier, ATC! They have been really good to work with. I used them for the rebuild kit for my 4L30E and for a buddy's Dodge A618. BTW, their rebuilt torque converters are excellent quality, I would recommend them.
    Scott
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    not sure i want to ship in tranny jobs, sounds like something that could bite me in the ass, i've gotten a few in that were screwed royaly and i didn't want to mess with, and at the moment i am not comfortable with full rebuilds and or valve body work. one of my favorite ones was a 85 528e, he brought me the tranny and on inspection the whole a-clutch basket was blown apart, i repared it with used hard parts, a week later the car comes in on the hook, i tear it down and a-clutch is blown up again, it turns out he had the throttle blocked open to mask a running problem and the car was idling at about 2500, so every time he put it in gear it was like a neutral drop chirping the tires
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    Default ..too funny about the guy...

    who did the neutral slams. See what you mean. Tranny work is tough...both in pulling the trans, repairing them and then seeing if they stay together after the fact....why Kirt Koeller bought a dyno for his shop so he could test everything he rebuilt...a lot of steps involved...best to check one's work if possible and a dyno helps.
    Have you ever had the autobox apart on your 535i?
    George

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    i was lucky on my 535, it has a factory reman in it that's not even dirty yet, if i had to guess it has 50-60k on it (i've put about 26k in two years), if i have it long enough ill get into it, they never put the improved seals in the factory trannys (if you order a rebuild kit it comes with the steel seals) the sweetest zf i've driven is in moms 80k mile 90 325isa, if your easy on the throttle you don't even feel it shift, if you ass down on it, it chirps 2nd and down shifts nicely. as for rebuilds all but the best shops are going to reuse a lot of the hard parts, which is not too bad, but the best shops are going to charge about the same $ as the dealer for a zf reman which id rather have, we got one for a friend of the shop for his e32 735, if i remember right it was about $1200

    Quote Originally Posted by George M
    who did the neutral slams. See what you mean. Tranny work is tough...both in pulling the trans, repairing them and then seeing if they stay together after the fact....why Kirt Koeller bought a dyno for his shop so he could test everything he rebuilt...a lot of steps involved...best to check one's work if possible and a dyno helps.
    Have you ever had the autobox apart on your 535i?
    George
    all america wants is cold beer warm cat and a place to take a poop with a door on it

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    Default Love your timing on posting this procedure

    My '89 525iA (224,000 km) has been sitting motionless since early Dec 2003 with tranny problems. Can you comment on my symptoms matching your fix? I drove the car about 20 miles around town, then at the bottom of a gully with steep climbs either way out it stopped making headway. Having heard of this problem with the early E34's I coasted backwards up a driveway and turned around thinking that I could drive the remaining half-mile home in reverse. However, left it parked there because reverse was like driving with the hand brake on. Lots of resistance, whereas forward just didn't grab at all. I left it there for four days until I could borrow a 4wd truck on the weekend. When I went back for the car it drove fine again, at least the last half-mile back home. Reversing it up my driveway it again developed the heavy resistance after reversing about 30 feet.

    It's the problem in reverse that has me worried that the standard fix, your beautifully documented procedure, isn't going to go deep enough to get me back on the road again.

    Thanks for your feedback...

    Bill K. in Sydney, Australia

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