Technical Service Information: ZF5HP24
Technical Service Information: ZF5HP24
Technical Service Information: ZF5HP24
ZF5HP24
NEUTRALIZATION WHEN HOT
FORWARD CHATTER ON TAKE OFF
COMPLAINT: A BMW or Jaguar may come into the shop with a complaint of a neutral condition coming to
a stop when hot or a chatter forward on take off. Codes P0731 or Jaguar code P1722 may be
stored for a “Gear Ratio Error In First”.
CAUSE: A crack develops in the upper valve body (Refer to figure 1) in the “F” clutch circuit as seen
in figure 2 which results in a loss of “F” clutch oil. The “F” clutch is on in park, reverse and
neutral as well as manual low as shown in the clutch application chart in figure 3.
Since the complaint of neutral at a stop affects forward movement, yet it does not affect
reverse is due to the “F” clutch being fed in park and neutral by the “F” clutch valve but in
reverse it is fed line pressure through the reverse valve as shown in Figure 2.
The reason first gear is affected is because oil pressure is being supplied to the closed “F”
clutch valve through the hydraulic circuit that is affected by the crack from shift valve 1 as
seen in figure 2. This circuit is connected to the “A” clutch in first gear only.
So the loss of pressure going to the “F” clutch valve is enough to cause the “A” clutch to
release at engine idle RPMS when hot and slip the clutch on initial take-off, hence the first
gear ratio codes and the remaining forward gears will not be affected.
CORRECTION: Replace the upper valve body or the complete valve body assembly.
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Technical Service Information
ZF5HP24
NEUTRALIZATION WHEN HOT
UPPER
VALVE BODY
“F” CLUTCH
VALVE
LOWER FRONT
VALVE BODY
REVERSE SHIFT
GEAR VALVE 1
VALVE
"B" CLUTCH
"C" CLUTCH "E" BRAKE
"A" CLUTCH
APPLICATION CHART
"A" "B" "C" "D" "E" "F" LOW GEAR
GEAR CLUT CLUT CLUT BRAK BRAK BRAK SPRAG RATIO
PARK ON
REV ON ON 4.10:1
NEUT ON
D-1ST ON HOLD 3.57:1
D-2ND ON ON 2.20:1
D-3RD ON ON 1.51:1
D-4TH ON ON 1.00:1
D-5TH ON ON 0.80:1
M-1 ON ON HOLD 3.57:1
Figure 3
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