Transaxle lube on auto trans vehicles??

I recently changed the front and rear axle lube on my Z-71 pick-up, and got to thinking. Surprisingly, I do not know what lubes the transaxle on FWD vehicles, I guess I had assumed that the auto trans fluid does--- but I actually do not know. If a FWD vehicle has a manual trans, no ATF.... so how are vehicles transaxles lubed???? I has thought the transaxle was just part of the trans, but the same for regular geared and CVT?? Please help an old dummy out here......

 

That was very interesting, Jimbo, but, where does the transaxle connect in there?? Is it in the trans case, and lubed with the WS ATF?? I caught part of a conversation where some were discussing '' splitting cases'' to remove a trans filter in a Ford Focus [ maybe Fusion ] vs. ''flushing'' ,, I then realized that I simply do not understand how it works. I always just thought that the ATF lubed the transaxle, it was all one piece............I have had several Corvettes and you DO NOT flush the trans in them, drain and fill as in the Prius. And yes, I realize the Corvette is RWD, but the is millions of FWD vehicles around, and just got to thinking about this....Some you drop the trans fluid pan and change the filter, some have the filter built in and cannot be changed, so they are ''flushed''. I thought I would post this here and try to get a better understanding of how this worked--- in my Prius-- as well of other vehicles. Does the WS ATF lube my transaxle???

 

Well, it appears that what I ''sorta thought'' all along is basically correct. Some used motor oil to use the T/A, some are separated from the trans. and use gear oil, and some are integrated use the ATF ---- I guess it all depends on the way different manufacturers engineer them. Thanks for the replies, I just got to wondering about this and realized I did not know much about it......You never know if you don't ask......