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TRANSAXLE ASSEMBLY

Disassembly

  

  1. Remove drain plug and gasket from clutch housing.
  2. Remove plug bolt and then plug (with ABS models) or speedometer pinion gear (without ABS models) and O-ring from clutch housing.

  

  1. Remove plug and gasket from transaxle case.
  2. Remove park/neutral position (PNP) switch (1) from transaxle case.

  

  1. Remove back-up lamp switch (2) and plunger from transaxle case.

CAUTION:
Do not lose plunger.

  1. Remove air breather tube (3) from transaxle case.

  

  1. Remove guide bolt from transaxle case.
  2. Remove retaining pin using suitable tool and then remove selector lever from transaxle case.

  

  1. Remove transaxle case bolts.
  2. Remove bore plug from transaxle case.

  

CAUTION:

  • Do not damage transaxle case.
  • Access bore plug from cutout (A) of transaxle case when removing.

  

  1. Remove transaxle case following the procedures below.
    1. Expand snap ring at mainshaft rear bearing accessing from the bore plug hole. Then pull up transaxle case from clutch housing until snap ring comes off.

  

    1. With shifter lever A (1) held in the position shown, remove transaxle case from clutch housing.

CAUTION:
Do not drop each adjusting shim.

  

NOTE:
Make sure to hold shifter lever A (1) in the position shown. Otherwise transaxle case cannot be removed from clutch housing.

  1. Remove oil gutter A (1) and oil gutter B (2) from transaxle case.

  

A : Tab of oil gutter

  1. Remove snap ring from transaxle case.

  

  1. Remove retaining pin using suitable tool and then remove shifter lever A and shifter lever B from transaxle case.
  2. Remove differential side bearing outer race from transaxle case using Tool, then remove differential side bearing adjusting shim from transaxle case.

  

Tool number :KV381054SO (J-34286)

CAUTION:
Do not damage transaxle case.

  

  1. Remove differential side oil seal from transaxle case using suitable tool.

CAUTION:
Do not damage transaxle case.

  

  

  1. Remove shifter lever oil seal (1) and striking rod oil seal (2) from transaxle case.

CAUTION:
Do not damage transaxle case.

  

  1. Remove striking rod shim (1), striking rod adjusting shim (2), mainshaft rear bearing adjusting shim (3), input shaft rear bearing adjusting shim (4), and reverse idler gear adjusting shim (5).

  

  1. Remove retaining pin of reverse shift fork (1) using suitable tool.

2 : Reverse fork rod

  

  1. Rotate striking lever of striking rod assembly as shown. Then rotate reverse fork rod to a position where bracket of reverse fork rod does not interfere with striking lever of striking rod assembly.
  2. Pull out reverse shift fork and reverse fork rod.

  

  1. Remove retaining pin of 5th-6th shift fork (1) using suitable tool.

2 : 5th-6th fork rod

  

  1. Remove retaining pin of 3rd-4th shift fork (1) using suitable tool.
  2. Pull out 3rd-4th fork rod (2).

  

  1. Pull out 5th-6th shift fork (1) and 5th-6th fork rod (2).

  

  1. Pull out 3rd-4th shift fork (1).

  

  1. Remove retaining pin of 1st-2nd shift fork (1) using suitable tool.
  2. Pull out 1st-2nd shift fork and 1st-2nd fork rod (2).

  

  1. Remove striking rod assembly (1).

  

  1. Remove gear components from clutch housing in the following procedure.
    1. Remove a set of input shaft assembly, mainshaft assembly, and reverse idler gear assembly by tapping the tip of input shaft from the back of the clutch housing with a plastic hammer.

CAUTION:
Always withdraw mainshaft straight out. Failure to do so can damage resin oil channel on clutch housing side.

    1. Remove final drive assembly.

  

  1. Remove magnet from clutch housing.

  

  1. Remove mainshaft bearing retainer and then mainshaft front bearing from clutch housing using Tool.

Tool number :KV381054SO (J-34286)

CAUTION:
Do not damage clutch housing, mainshaft front bearing, and oil channel.

  1. Remove oil channel from clutch housing.

  

  1. Remove differential side bearing outer race from clutch housing using Tool.

Tool number :KV381054SO (J-34286)

CAUTION:
Do not damage clutch housing and differential side bearing outer race.

  

  1. Remove input shaft oil seal from clutch housing using suitable tool.

CAUTION:
Do not damage clutch housing.

  

  1. Remove differential side oil seal from clutch housing using suitable tool.

CAUTION:
Do not damage clutch housing.