Dodge RAM 1500 1998 Owner's Manual page 1709

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MANUAL TRANSMISSION - NV3500 (Continued)
(12) Remove bolts that attach front housing to the
rear housing (Fig. 11). Three bolts at extreme rear of
housing are for the output shaft bearing retainer.
Leave one bolt in place until geartrain is ready to be
removed from case.
Fig. 11 HOUSING & BEARING RETAINER BOLT
1 - RETAINER BOLTS
2 - HOUSING BOLTS
3 - RETAINER BOLT
4 - HOUSING BOLT LOCATIONS
(13) Separate the housings (Fig. 12) by tapping the
front housing off alignment dowels with a plastic
hammer.
Fig. 12 FRONT HOUSING
1 - FRONT HOUSING
2 - REAR HOUSING
3 - DOWELS (2)
4 - PLASTIC MALLET
(14) Remove input shaft bearing and countershaft
front bearing race (Fig. 13).
Fig. 13 Input Shaft Bearing and Countershaft Front
Bearing Race
1 - INPUT SHAFT BEARING
2 - FRONT HOUSING
3 - COUNTERSHAFT FRONT BEARING
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