Dodge dakota 2002 Service Manual page 1869

21 - 30 MANUAL TRANSMISSION - NV3500
MANUAL TRANSMISSION - NV3500 (Continued)
(2) Apply liberal quantity of petroleum jelly to
countershaft rear bearing and bearing race.
(3) Install countershaft rear bearing in bearing
race (Fig. 92).
Fig. 92 COUNTERSHAFT REAR BEARING
1 - COUNTERSHAFT REAR BEARING
2 - REAR BEARING RACE
3 - REAR HOUSING
4 - PETROLEUM JELLY
NOTE: Large diameter side of the roller retainer
faces the countershaft and the small diameter side
faces the race and housing (Fig. 93).
(4) Apply extra petroleum jelly to hold counter-
shaft rear bearing in place when housing is installed.
(5) Apply light coat of petroleum jelly to shift shaft
bushing/bearing in rear housing (Fig. 93).
(6) Reach into countershaft rear bearing with fin-
ger and push each bearing roller outward against the
race. Then apply extra petroleum jelly to hold rollers
in place during housing installation.
(7) Install rear housing onto geartrain (Fig. 94)
and verify bearing retainer pilot stud is in correct
bolt hole in housing. Verify countershaft and output
shaft bearings are aligned in housing and on counter-
shaft.
NOTE: It may be necessary to lift upward on coun-
tershaft slightly to ensure that the countershaft rear
bearing engages to the countershaft before the rear
output shaft bearing engages the housing.
Fig. 93 COUNTERSHAFT BEARING
1 - SHIFT SHAFT BUSHING/BEARING
2 - COUNTERSHAFT REAR BEARING
Fig. 94 REAR HOUSING
1 - REAR HOUSING
2 - SHIFT FORKS AND GEARTRAIN
(8) Seat rear housing on output shaft rear bearing
and countershaft by tapping the housing with a plas-
tic mallet.
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