Dodge Dakota Sport 2001 Service Manual page 1410

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TRANSMISSION AND TRANSFER CASE
MANUAL - NV1500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
MANUAL - NV3500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - 42RE
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - 46RE
MANUAL - NV1500
DESCRIPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
DIAGNOSIS AND TESTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
NV1500 MANUAL TRANSMISSION. . . . . . . . . . . 2
REMOVAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
DISASSEMBLY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
MANUAL - NV1500
DESCRIPTION
The NV1500 is a medium-duty, 5-speed, constant
mesh, fully synchronized manual transmission. Fifth
gear is an overdrive range with a ratio of 0.80:1. The
Transmission is available in 4-cyl. equipped 2WD
models.
The transmission gear case consists of two alumi-
num gear housings and a detachable clutch housing.
The mainshaft is supported by two sealed ball
bearings, and the countershaft is supported by two
tapered roller bearings. The transmission gears all
rotate on caged type needle bearings. A roller bearing
is used between the input and output shaft.
The Transmission has a single shaft shift mecha-
nism with three shift forks all mounted on the shaft.
The shaft is supported in the front and rear housings
by bushings. Internal shift components consist of the
forks, shaft, shift lever socket, and detent compo-
nents.
TRANSMISSION AND TRANSFER CASE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
page
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - 45RFE
TRANSFER CASE - NV233
. . . . . . . . . 78 TRANSFER CASE - NV244
. . . . . . . . 256
MANUAL - NV1500
TABLE OF CONTENTS
page
CLEANING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
INSPECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
ASSEMBLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
INSTALLATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
SPECIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
SPECIAL TOOLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Identification bar code tags (Fig. 1) are located on
each side of the transmission, below the shift tower.
The tag located on the right side has the part num-
ber and the tag located on the left side has the build
sequence and date information.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567
NV1500 GEAR RATIOS
RANGE
FIRST
SECOND
THIRD
FOURTH
FIFTH
REVERSE
21 - 1
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RATIO
3.85 :1
2.25 :1
1.48 :1
1.00 :1
0.80 :1
3.52 :1