Dodge 2001 Ram 1500 Owner's Manual page 1707

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MANUAL - NV4500 (Continued)
(12) Install second gear bearing on mainshaft (Fig.
88).
Fig. 88 Second Gear Bearing
1 - SECOND GEAR BEARING
(13) Install second gear on mainshaft and bearing.
Rotate gear until tabs of second gear clutch ring are
seated in tab slots in gear (Fig. 89).
Fig. 89 Second Gear
1 - SECOND GEAR
2 - CLUTCH RING TABS
3 - TAB SLOTS (IN GEAR)
(14) Install thrust washer pin in shaft (Fig. 90).
(15) Install second gear thrust washer. Verify
washer is seated on gear and pin (Fig. 91).
(16) Install second gear thrust washer snap ring
(Fig. 92). Verify snap ring is seated in mainshaft
groove.
(17) Install third gear bearing spacer on shaft and
seat it against thrust washer snap ring (Fig. 92).
(18) Install third gear bearing on mainshaft (Fig.
93). Bearing should be flush with mainshaft hub.
Fig. 90 Thrust Washer Pin
1 - THRUST WASHER PIN
2 - SECOND GEAR
Fig. 91 Second Gear Thrust Washer
1 - SECOND GEAR
2 - SECOND GEAR THRUST WASHER
3 - LOCATING PIN IN WASHER NOTCH
NOTE: If bearing is not flush with hub, the bearing
spacer or snap ring was not installed.
(19) Install third gear over bearing and onto main-
shaft (Fig. 94).
(20) Install synchro stop ring on third gear (Fig.
95). Verify stop ring is seated on cone taper.
(21) If 3-4 synchro was disassembled for service,
reassemble synchro components as follows:
(a) Align and install synchro sleeve on hub (Fig.
96). Front side of hub has a narrow groove
machined in it.
(b) Insert all three synchro struts in slots
machined in sleeve and hub (Fig. 96).
(c) Install and seat synchro springs (Fig. 96).
Use flat blade or Phillips screwdriver to compress
springs and seat them in struts and hub as shown.
BR/BE