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Hydraulic
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Reelmaster 5500-D Hydraulic System (Rev. C)Page 4 - 61
17.Install valve plate locating pins into center section
(Fig. 68).
18.Coat back (steel side) of valve plates with petroleum
jelly to hold them in position and install valve plates onto
center section, with their bronze faces visible (Fig. 69).
The notch on each valve plate must engage its locating
pin.
Note: Do not interchange pump and motor valve
plates when assembling transmission. The motor valve
plate has grooves on both sides of the plate. The pump
plate has grooves on only one side of the plate (Fig. 70).
19.Install the two (2) alignment pins and install a new
center section gasket onto the housing (Fig. 71).
Figure 68
Figure 69
Figure 70
GROOVES
Figure 71