Buick LeSabre 1965 Service Manual page 268

5 - 5 4 SERVICE PROCEDURES
SUPER TURBINE " 3 0 0 '
Figure 5-257
13. Check output shaft bushing for
nicks, severe scoring or wear. If
bushing replacement is necessary
continue as f o l l o w s : Install
Bushing Remover J-9534 i n t o
bushing. Install S l i d e Hammer
J-2619 into J-9534, using slide
hammer remove bushing from
planet carrier. See Figure 5-257.
b. Inspection of
Planet Carrier Parts
1. Wash all parts in a cleaning
solvent. Air dry all parts.
2. Check the planet pinion gears
and input sun gear tooth damage.
3. Check the planet pinion thrust
washers and input sun gear thrust
washer.
4. Check planet pinion n e e d l e
bearings. If bearings show exces-
sive wear, all the needle bearings
must be replaced.
5. Check the planet pinion shafts
closely, if worn replace the worn
shafts.
6. Check the output shaft bushing,
if worn replace.
c. Reassembly
1. U s i n g tool J-21424-3 and
J-8092 press the new bushing in
until J-21424-3 touches the ma-
chined surface of the planet car-
rier assembly. See Figure 5-258.
Figure 5-258
2. Install the long planet pinion
gears first. Install the r e a r
planet pinion thrust washer. Oil
groove must be toward pinion
gear. See Figure 5-260.
Figure 5-260
3. Install front p l a n e t pinion
thrust w a s h e r . Retain t h r u s t
washer to case with grease. Oil
grooves on the thrust washer
must be toward the pinion gears.
See Figure 5-261.
THRUST W A S H E R S ^ ^
PINION
SHAFT -**
S P A C E R ^
r~r* * >—i
NEEDLE B E A R I N G S ^
Figure 5-262
4. Coat inside pinion gear with
petrolatum. Install Pinion Shaft
into long planet pinion gear. In-
stall twenty (20) needle bearings,
spacer, twenty more needle roll-
ers, and two (2) thrust washers.
See Figure 5-273. Carefully re-
move pinion shaft. With a twisting
motion lock both sets of needle
rollers in place. See Figure
5-263.
Figure 5-261
Figure 5-263
5. Position the long planet pinion
assembly with the thrust washers
at each end, in the planet carrier.
Install the pinion shaft from the
front of the carrier. As the shaft
is being pushed in, make certain
that it picks up the thrust washer.
Turn the pinion shaft so t h e
groove faces the center of the
planet carrier. See Figure 5-264.
NOTE: Install the other two (2)
long planet pinion gears as de-
scribed in Steps 2-3-4-5.