Subaru Legacy 2004 Service Manual page 2693

18.Drive Pinion Shaft Assembly
A: REMOVAL
1) Remove the manual transmission assembly
from vehicle. <Ref. to 5MT-31, REMOVAL, Manual
Transmission Assembly.>
2) Remove the transfer case with extension case
assembly. <Ref. to 5MT-44, REMOVAL, Transfer
Case and Extension Case Assembly.>
3) Remove the transmission case. <Ref. to 5MT-
56, REMOVAL, Transmission Case.>
4) Remove the drive pinion shaft assembly.
NOTE:
Use a hammer handle, etc. to remove if too tight.
( B )
(A) Main shaft ASSY
(B) Drive pinion shaft ASSY
B: INSTALLATION
1) Remove the differential assembly.
2) Alignment marks/numbers on hypoid gear set:
Use hypoid driven gear of its match number corre-
sponding with upper one on the drive pinion (A).
The figure (B) shows a number for shim adjust-
ment. If no number is shown, the value is zero.
(A)
(A) Match number
(B) Number for shim adjustment
3) Place the drive pinion shaft assembly on the
transmission main case RH without shim and tight-
en the bearing mounting bolts.
4) Inspection and adjustment of ST:
Drive Pinion Shaft Assembly
( A )
MT-00161
(A)
(B)
MT-00990
5MT-77
MANUAL TRANSMISSION AND DIFFERENTIAL
NOTE:
• Loosen the two bolts and adjust so that the scale
indicates 0.5 correctly when the plate end and the
scale end are on the same level.
• Tighten the two bolts.
ST 499917500 DRIVE PINION GAUGE
ASSY
(B)
ST
(A) Plate
(B) Scale
5) Position the ST by inserting the knock pin of ST
into the knock hole in the transmission case.
ST 499917500 DRIVE PINION GAUGE
ASSY
6) Slide the drive pinion gauge scale with finger tip
and read the value at the point where it matches
with the end face of drive pinion.
ST 499917500 DRIVE PINION GAUGE
ASSY
ST
(A) Adjust clearance to zero without shim.
7) The thickness of shim shall be determined by
adding the value indicated on drive pinion to the
value indicated on the ST. (Add if the number on
drive pinion is prefixed by +, and subtract if the
number is prefixed by $.)
ST 499917500 DRIVE PINION GAUGE
ASSY
(A)
MT-00242
(A)
MT-00243