Chrysler Stratus RHD 1997 Interactive Electronic Service Manual page 1408

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GENERAL INFORMATION
GEAR RATIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
GEARSHIFT PATTERN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
NV T350 MANUAL TRANSAXLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
SEALANTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
SELECTION OF LUBRICANT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
SPECIAL ADDITIVES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
TRANSAXLE IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION
DESCRIPTION AND OPERATION
AXLE SEALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
GEARSHIFT LEVERS
DIAGNOSIS AND TESTING
CLUTCH PROBLEMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
COMMON PROBLEM CAUSES . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
HARD SHIFTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
LOW LUBRICANT LEVEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
NOISY OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
SLIPS OUT OF GEAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
SERVICE PROCEDURES
FLUID DRAIN AND FILL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION
AXLE SEALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
BACK-UP LAMP SWITCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
CROSSOVER LEVER
GEARSHIFT BOOT
GEARSHIFT CABLES
GEARSHIFT KNOB
GENERAL INFORMATION
NV T350 MANUAL TRANSAXLE
NOTE: Safety goggles should be worn at all times
when working on these transaxles.
This five speed is a constant-mesh manual tran-
saxle. All gear ranges, except reverse, are synchro-
TRANSAXLE
NV T350 (A-578) MANUAL TRANSAXLE
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CONTENTS
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NV T350 (A-578) MANUAL TRANSAXLE . . . . . . 1
INDEX
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GEARSHIFT MECHANISM REPLACEMENT . . . . 6
SELECTOR LEVER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
SHIFT SHAFT SEALS
TRANSAXLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
VEHICLE SPEED SENSOR DRIVE GEAR
DISASSEMBLY AND ASSEMBLY
DIFFERENTIAL
. 2 INPUT SHAFT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
OUTPUT SHAFT
SHIFT RAILS OVERHAUL
SYNCHRONIZER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
TRANSAXLE CASE OVERHAUL . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
TRANSAXLE
CLEANING AND INSPECTION
SYNCHRONIZER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
TRANSAXLE
ADJUSTMENTS
BEARING ADJUSTMENT PROCEDURE . . . . . . 37
DIFFERENTIAL BEARING PRELOAD
ADJUSTMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
GEARSHIFT CROSSOVER CABLE
ADJUSTMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
SPECIFICATIONS
NV T350 (A-578) SPECIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . . 38
SPECIAL TOOLS
SPECIAL TOOLS-NV T350 (A-578) MANUAL
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nized. The reverse gear utilizes a brake and blocking
ring for shifting ease. The reverse idler gear is sup-
ported on a sliding spindle idler shaft. The transaxle
case is aluminum with a steel end-plate bearing
cover. It is housed in a die-cast aluminum case fea-
turing a two-piece, middle split design (Fig. 1).
The NV T350 (A-578) transaxle internal compo-
nents can be serviced only by separating the gear
case from the bellhousing case.
TRANSAXLE
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