Transmission And Transfer Case; Ax5 Manual Transmission; Transmission Identification - Jeep Wrangler 1997 Manual

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TRANSMISSION AND TRANSFER CASE

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION—30/32RH . . . . . . 75
AX15 MANUAL TRANSMISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
GENERAL INFORMATION

AX5 MANUAL TRANSMISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

GEAR RATIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
RECOMMENDED LUBRICANT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
TRANSMISSION ASSEMBLY INFORMATION . . . . 2

TRANSMISSION IDENTIFICATION . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

DIAGNOSIS AND TESTING
HARD SHIFTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
LOW LUBRICANT LEVEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
TRANSMISSION NOISE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION
ADAPTER HOUSING SEAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
EXTENSION HOUSING SEAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
FRONT BEARING RETAINER SEAL . . . . . . . . . . . 6
TRANSMISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
GENERAL INFORMATION
AX5 MANUAL TRANSMISSION
The AX5 is a five speed manual transmission with
fifth gear being the overdrive range. An adapter
housing is used to attach the transmission to the
transfer case on 4-wheel drive applications. A stan-
dard style extension housing is used for the 2-wheel
drive applications. The shift mechanism is integral to
the transmission assembly and mounted in the shift
tower portion of the adapter/extension housing (Fig.
1).
CONTENTS
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AX5 MANUAL TRANSMISSION
INDEX
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TRANSMISSION AND TRANSFER CASE
AX5 MANUAL TRANSMISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
NV231 TRANSFER CASE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
DISASSEMBLY AND ASSEMBLY
ADAPTER/EXTENSION HOUSING AND
FRONT BEARING RETAINER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
COUNTERSHAFT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
INPUT SHAFT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
OUTPUT SHAFT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
SEMI-SYNCHRONIZED REVERSE
IDLER GEAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
SHIFT MECHANISM AND GEARTRAIN . . . . . . . . 15
CLEANING AND INSPECTION
AX5 MANUAL TRANSMISSION
COMPONENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
SPECIFICATIONS
TORQUE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
SPECIAL TOOLS
AX5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
TRANSMISSION IDENTIFICATION
The AX5 identification code is on the bottom sur-
face of the transmission case near the fill plug (Fig.
2). The first number is year of manufacture. The sec-
ond and third numbers indicate month of manufac-
ture. The next series of numbers is the transmission
serial number.
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