Countershaft Disassembly, Inspection, and Reassembly
- Inspect the needle bearings for galling and rough movement.
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- Inspect the splines for excessive wear and damage.
- Check the shaft bearing surface for scoring and excessive wear.
- Lubricate all parts with ATF during assembly.
- Install the conical spring washer, the reverse selector, the 35 x 47 x 7.8 mm collar, and all gears in the direction shown.
- Replace the locknut and the conical spring washer with new ones when assembling the transmission. The countershaft locknut has left-hand threads.
- Some reverse selector hubs and 3rd gear are press-fitted to the countershaft; special tools are needed to remove them (see
COUNTERSHAFT REVERSE SELECTOR HUB AND 3RD GEAR REMOVAL ) and to install them (see
COUNTERSHAFT 3RD GEAR AND REVERSE SELECTOR HUB INSTALLATION ).