Polaris 2012 RANGER RZR 570 INTL Service Manual page 302

TRANSMISSION
6. Inspect the pinion shaft assembly. Replace bearings
if n eeded. Inspect each ge ar for da mage, chip s or
abnormally worn teeth.
NOTE: If pinion shaft was disassembled, the bearing
cover must be installed on the shaft before installing
the 46T gear.
7. Install the pinion shaft assembly. Be sure to properly
mesh the snorkel shaft bevel gear with the p inion shaft
bevel gear.
8. Apply Loctite 242 ® to the threads of the bearing cover
retaining screws.
9. Using a 5 mm Allen wrench, install only the (3) screws
that secur e the pinion shaft asse mbly as shown
below. Leave the longer locking screw (A) out at this
point.
DO NOT Install
Locking Screw
A
IMPORTANT: DO NOT install the lo nger sc rew (A ).
Installing the longer screw will lock the snorkel tube
and not allow for backlash setting adjustment.
8.20
10. Torque the b
11. Rotate the snorkel tube counterclockwise using the
IMPORTANT: DO NOT ov ertighten t he s norkel tub e
when backing it out. At the 'zero' backlash position,
you should still be able to turn the snorkel shaft using
your fingers, but it will feel rough and may have some
tight spots.
12. Look down into the transmission housing to see the
NOTE: If you ha ve a hard time seeing into the hole,
insert a small Allen wrench, pu nch or s crewdriver
into th e hole to feel wh en th e not ch is alig ned wit h
the hole.
13. Slowly rotate the snorkel tube
14. Check the pinion shaft gear backlash again by feel. If
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earing cover re taining scr ews to
specification.
Bearing Cover Retaining Screws:
8-10 ft. lbs. (11-14 Nm)
snorkel too l ( PA-50231) u ntil the snorkel g ear and
pinion gear have 'zero' backlash.
snorkel locking screw hole opening to reference your
starting point.
counting the number of notches passing through the
hole op ening a s you ro tate the tube. Rotate the
snorkel tube to the 3rd notch from the 'zero' backlash
position obtained in step 11.
Count 3 notches through
the locking screw hole
the pin ion sh aft g ear la sh app ears to be to o tigh t,
rotate the snorkel shaft clockwise to the next notch
(4th notch).
= T
clockwise while