Service Manual

3. Inspect shafts and axles:
A. Carefully check shaft and axle surfaces for rust,
pitting,
scratches or wear. Use crocus cloth to repair
rust, burrs or sharp edges if needed.
B. Check keyways, splines, threads and grooves for
wear
.
C. Replace worn or damaged components.
4. Inspect case and cover for cracks, stripped threads,
metal chips, flat sealing surfaces and rust. Replace
damaged components as necessary
.
5. Check thrust washers and spacers for shiny sur-
faces which indicate wear
. Try to determine the cause of
thrust washer wear (e.g. lack of end play due to reuse
of old gasket or incorrect placement of thrust washer).
Replace any worn components.
6. Examine bearings and bushings for scuffing, wear,
pitting and any abnormal conditions. Bearings should
not exhibit any roughness when rotated. Replace any
worn or damaged bearings and bushings.
7. Examine the external bearing surface of the differen-
tial assembly
. If wear or pitting are identified, disas-
semble differential and repair or replace components as
needed.
Shift Lever Service (Figs. 9 and 15)
1. Place shift lever in a vise so the shift lever housing
is at lease one inch (25.4 mm) from the top of the vise
jaws.
2. Remove snap ring (item 2) that retains shift lever
keeper (item 6) in housing. Remove shift lever assembly
from vise.
3. Remove shift lever (item 7) and quad ring (item 3)
from housing. Discard quad ring.
4. Inspect roll pin (item 4) that is installed in shift lever
ball. If roll pin is damaged, remove roll pin and replace.
Roll pin should be centered in shift lever ball with equal
lengths protruding from sides of ball.
5. Inspect roll pin (item 26) that is installed in housing
to align shift lever keeper in housing. Replace roll pin if
damaged.
6. Lightly oil
new quad seal. Install quad seal into hous-
ing.
7. Slide shift lever up through housing.
8. Install shift lever keeper into housing making sure to
align keeper with roll pin. Install snap ring to secure shift
lever assembly in housing.
Shifter Assembly Service (Figs. 9 and 16)
1. Slide shifter stop (item 29) from shift rods.
2. Carefully slide shifter forks from shift rods. Locate
and retrieve spring (item 9) and detent ball (item 10)
from hole in fork.
3. Check shift rods, shifter forks and shifter stop for
wear or damage. Replace all worn or damaged compo-
nents.
4. Lightly oil parts before assembly.
5. Slide shifter fork onto shift rod until the rod end aligns
with the shifter fork hole. Install spring and detent ball
through shifter fork hole and into cavity in opposite side
of fork. Use a small, flat blade screwdriver to press det-
e
nt ball into cavity and move the fork completely onto the
rod. Repeat for other shift rod.
6. Move shifter forks to the neutral position which is the
second groove from the snap ring.
7. Install shifter stop onto shift rods.
8. When the shifter forks are properly assembled to the
shifter rods and positioned in neutral, the ends of the
notches in the forks should be aligned (Fig. 16).
2
1
3
5
4
Figure 15
1. Shift lever 4. Roll pin
2. Snap ring 5. Quad
ring
3. Shift lever keeper
2
1
3
4
Figure 16
1. Shifter rod (Low) 3. Shifter stop
2. Shifter rod (3rd & 4th) 4. Aligned
notches
Drive Train
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