TRANSMISSION
6. Inspect the pinion shaft assembly. Replace bearings
if needed. Inspect each gear for damage, chips or
abnormally worn teeth.
Bearing
9
Snap Ring
10
Washer
11
NOTE: If pinion shaft was disassembled, the
bearing cover must be installed on the shaft
before installing the gear.
7. Install the pinion shaft assembly. Be sure to properly
mesh the snorkel shaft bevel gear with the pinion
shaft bevel gear.
8. Apply Loctite
®
242
™
cover retaining screws.
6.24
Gear
12
Bearing Cover
13
Pinion Shaft
14
to the threads of the bearing
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9. Using a 5 mm Allen wrench, install only the three
screws
that secure the pinion shaft assembly as
15
shown below. Leave the longer locking screw
at this point. Torque the bearing cover retaining
screws to specification.
Bearing Cover Retaining Screws:
10 ft-lb (14 Nm)
IMPORTANT: DO NOT install the longer screw.
Installing the longer screw will lock the snorkel
tube
and
not
allow
adjustment.
10. Rotate the snorkel tube counterclockwise using the
snorkel tool (PA-50231) until the snorkel gear and
pinion gear have 'zero' backlash.
NOTE: DO NOT overtighten the snorkel tube. At
the 'zero' backlash position, you should still be
able to turn the snorkel shaft using your fingers,
but it will feel rough and may have some tight
spots.
out
16
for
backlash
setting