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4-40
TRANSMISSION
CLUTCH, TRANSMISSION, UNIVERSAL
JOINT
(168)
fu
rnished
fe
r
service have a
figure
"7" (to in
-
dicate 7
0
angle ) stamped on
the second
speed
drum.
Do not use
replacement
clutc h having
an
y
other number
stamped
on
drum.
See figure
4-58.
k. Rear Bearing,
Speedometer
Worm Gear,
an
d Spacers-Series 70
Use Uni
versal Joint
Replacer J
855
and a
sleeve
n
4"
inside diameter
and 6" long
t
o
pr ess
the transm ission rear bearing and
the speed-
omet er
wor m
gear
on
main
shaft .
See
figu
re
4-59. Be sure
to place
the
wide spacer between
bearing
and worm
gear and
the narrow spacer
between gear
and uni
ver sal
joint.
\
-
SLEEVE
1
'/. "
J.D.
x
6
"
LON G
~
Figure 4-59-lnstalling Rear
Bearing
with Replacer J855 and
Sleeve
I. Shift
Lev er,
Toggle Spring a
nd
Extension
H old shif t
lev er
in neutral position while in-
stalling and tightening attaching bolt and lock
washer, to avoid damaging shifter levers on
selector shaft. Install
toggle
spring and exten-
sion so that the
extension
passes
underneath
the selector shaft.
Make
sure
that extension is
not
distorted
so that it
bea rs
against
the
selec-
tor
shaft.
4
-3 4
INSTA LLATIO N
OF
TRANSMISSIO N
-ALL
SERIES
.
1.
Lightly
coat the splines on
end
of main
drive gear with Lubriplate for
a
distance of
not more than 1"
.
Do not ap
ply
an
excess
that
will push off at
driven
plate hub and
get
on
driven plate
facings.
2.
Make certain
that front
fa
ce of t
rans mis-
sion cas
e
and
face
of
flywh eel housing a
re abso-
lutely clean. Install Guide Pins J
851
in
upper
bolt holes in housing
(fig. 4-44)
and
install
a
new transmission
gasket.
Make certain that
spring washer is in place behind clutch release
bearing support in
housing.
3. Lift transmission into place and fully sup-
port it until
Hie
main
drive
gear
bearing enters
flywheel housing.
Clut
ch driv en
plat
e
will be
damag
ed
if guide pins are not
used and weight
.
of
transmission
is allowed to
rest on
main
drive
gear in
dri v en plate
hub
.
4.
Install lower transmission
attaching bolts,
then
the
upper
bolts,
and t
ight en a
ll bolts even-
ly
and
securely. CAUTION
:
If a gap exists
be-
tw een transmission
case
and
flywheel
housing
do not
tighten bolts as
case
may
be
broken .
Re
-
mov e transmis sion
and
check posit ion
of main
driv e gear bearing
sna
p ring,
which
m
ay
hav e
slipped out of
place during
installation.
5. Install rubber
thr ust pad on
t
hrust plate
attached to
torque ball.
Install trans mission
support and attach t
r ansmission moun t ing pad
,
to the suppor t
with
bolt
plate
and
self-l ocking
nuts.
Rem
ove support bar
from
under the
en-
gine so that full
wei
ght rests on
transmission
mounting pad.
Figure 4-60-Transm
ission
Mounting and Thrust Pads and Shims
6.
With engine and
transmission re
sting freely
and normally on
mountings , install
sufficient
sh
ims
between thethrust pad and
transmission
su
pport
to fill the existi ng space.
Insert
sh
im s
f
r
om
ab
ove
with
t
abs on right sid
e, t
hen install
the
bolt
plat e
and three
nuts which
attach
t
hr ust pa
d
t
o
support .
See figur e
4-60.
7.
Connect speedomete r cable. On S
eries 40-
50,
install outer
selector
lever shift
lever
,
tog-
gle
spring and extension.
Hold
shift lev er
in
neutral while
installing and tightening attach-
ing bolt and
lock washer
to a
void
damaging
shifter
levers
on
selector
shaft. Install toggle
spring and
extension
so that extension
passes
underneath
selector
shaft.
8. Connect lower shift rod and sele
ctor
rod

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