The turbines inside the converter.
Well, first of all the torque converter has two slots that will need to line up exactly with input shaft. However, the inner splines that are connected to the torque converter should be lined up with the splines of the torque converter of the input shaft.
If you are talking about the splined ring around the input shaft, it's for the torque converter stator. The stator is like a second set of fan blades inside the converter that redirect fluid to the blades that turn the input shaft. It greatly increases the efficiency of the torque converter, which is actually a fluid coupling. In order to do it's job, the stator must be held stationary, that's what the splined ring is for. Hope that makes sense. It's not easy to explain.
The torque converter is located between the engine output shaft and the transmission. Have to drop transmission to remove.
I believe that is called the torque converter
It's between the engine and transmission. It slides onto the input shaft of the transmission and bolts to the flexplate on the engine.
pull engine, unbolt torque converter from flex plate (3 bolts), fill new torque converter with ATF fluid(so it dont start up dry), place new torque converter on to the transmission input shaft, reinstall engine, from underneath now u can spin the engine over by hand to line up the bolt holes and tighten the torque converter to the flexplate.
Automatic transmissions lose acceleration driving uphill because of the torque converter. The engine turns one side of the torque converter and the other side is splined into the input set of the planetary gears. The torque converter uses fluid to turn the input shaft in the transmission. When the transmission is locked into gear and going uphill the torque converter has to work against power losses from the tires on the road and when the engine is working harder the torque converter cuts or "shears" the fluid and it causes the transmission to overheat. Always make sure you have enough fluid in the transmission
MA = Revolutions of input shaft / Revolutions of output shaft. (Input torque * MA) * efficiency = Output torque Note 100% efficiency = 1.0
Oil or tranny fluid? Oil- engine rear main seal. Tranny- Input shaft seal
Any torque converter repair whether it be a seal or whatever must be made with the transmission out of the vehicle and the torque converter pulled off the front shaft to gain access to the seal.
Inside the transmission. I believe it's bolted to the flywheeel in front of the transmission and connected to the transmmission by it's output shaft which has a cog cut out of iit to match a similar shaft in the transmission.
From the engine, there is the clutch shaft which drives/or connected to the Input shaft, which in turn drives the output shaft.