Rear Carrier Assembly

The rear planetary carrier, front annulus (ring) gear and output shaft are all one assembly. The rear carrier assembly provides all output power for the transaxle assembly. In other words, all output from the transaxle must go through the rear carrier. The lugs around the outside of the assembly have two purposes:
- To engage the parking pawl when the driver selects park
- To generate an output speed signal used by the TCM

There are no clutches splined or connected to this unit in any way. The rear carrier assembly is supported to the case by two tapered roller bearings, which must be set up with specific preload and measured by turning torque.