Loosen Adapter/Extension Housing; Remove Adapter/Extension Housing–Typical; Speedometer Drive Gear Assembly; Remove Front Bearing Retainer - Jeep Wrangler 1997 Manual

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TRANSMISSION AND TRANSFER CASE

DISASSEMBLY AND ASSEMBLY (Continued)

(15) Remove adapter/extension housing bolts.

(16) Loosen adapter/extension housing by tapping

it loose with plastic mallet (Fig. 26).

(17) Remove adapter/extension housing (Fig. 27).

Fig. 26 Loosen Adapter/Extension Housing

Fig. 27 Remove Adapter/Extension Housing–Typical

(18) On 4x2 transmissions;

(a) Remove speedometer gear retaining snap-

ring from output shaft.

(b) Remove speedometer gear from output shaft

and remove speedometer gear lock ball from output

snap-ring (Fig. 28).

(19) Remove the bolts holding the front bearing

retainer to the transmission case.

(20) Remove the bearing retainer from transmis-

sion case (Fig. 29).

(21) Remove input shaft bearing snap-ring (Fig. 30).

(22) Remove countershaft front bearing snap-ring.

(23) Separate intermediate plate and transmission case

by tapping them loose with plastic mallet (Fig. 31).

(24) Separate the intermediate plate from the

transmission case (Fig. 32).

Fig. 28 Speedometer Drive Gear Assembly

Fig. 29 Remove Front Bearing Retainer

Fig. 30 Remove Input Shaft Bearing Snap-ring

(1) Remove any residual sealer from transmission case,

intermediate plate, and adapter/extension housing.

(2) Apply a 1/8 to 3/16 inch wide bead of Threeb-

Liquid Gasket TB1281, P/N 83504038, as

shown, making sure to keep sealer bead to inside of

bolt holes (Fig. 33).

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