Dodge RAM TRUCK 1500 1995 Service Manual page 1344

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(5) Remove drive gear thrust bearing from forward
end of mainshaft (Fig. 35).
Fig. 35 Drive Gear Thrust Bearing Removal
(6) Remove fourth speed clutch gear and synchro
stop ring from mainshaft (Fig. 36).
Fig. 36 Fourth Speed Clutch Gear Stop Ring
Removal
(7) Roll gear case onto left side (Fig. 37).
(8) Reach into gear case and push reverse idler
gear away from mainshaft gears.
(9) Remove mainshaft assembly as follows (Fig.
37):
(a) Lift front end of mainshaft slightly.
(b) Grasp mainshaft rear splines. Then turn
spline end of mainshaft in counterclockwise direc­
tion to rotate shaft and geartrain out of case.
(c) Once mainshaft gears roll clear of counter­
shaft gears, shaft and gear assembly can be tilted
outward and removed from gear case (Fig. 37).
(10) Refer to mainshaft disassembly procedures if
any gears or synchro components must be replaced.
REVERSE IDLER GEAR AND COUNTERSHAFT
REMOVAL/DISASSEMBLY
(1) Rotate countershaft outward and push reverse
idler gear away from countershaft and toward front
of case (Fig. 38).
(2) Remove idler gear through drive gear bore at
front of case (Fig. 39).
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Fig. 39 Reverse Idler Gear Removal