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NV T350 (A-578) MANUAL TRANSAXLE . . . . . . . . 1
NV T350 (A-578) MANUAL TRANSAXLE
DESCRIPTION AND OPERATION
NV T350 MANUAL TRANSAXLE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
DIAGNOSIS AND TESTING
COMMON PROBLEM CAUSES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
HARD SHIFTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
NOISY OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
SLIPS OUT OF GEAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
LOW LUBRICANT LEVEL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
CLUTCH PROBLEMS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
SERVICE PROCEDURES
FLUID DRAIN AND FILL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION
GEARSHIFT KNOB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
GEARSHIFT BOOT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
GEARSHIFT CABLE ASSEMBLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
GEARSHIFT MECHANISM REPLACEMENT . . . . . . 9
VEHICLE SPEED SENSOR AND DRIVE
PINION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
BACK-UP LAMP SWITCH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
CROSSOVER LEVER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
SELECTOR LEVER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
AXLE SHAFT SEALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
SHIFT SHAFT SEALS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
DESCRIPTION AND OPERATION
NV T350 MANUAL TRANSAXLE
DESCRIPTION
This five speed is a constant-mesh manual tran-
saxle. All gear ranges, except reverse, are synchro-
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
TRANSAXLE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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TRANSAXLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
DISASSEMBLY AND ASSEMBLY
TRANSAXLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
INPUT SHAFT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
OUTPUT SHAFT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
DIFFERENTIAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
SYNCHRONIZER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
SHIFT RAILS OVERHAUL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
TRANSAXLE CASE OVERHAUL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
CLEANING AND INSPECTION
TRANSAXLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
SYNCHRONIZER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
ADJUSTMENTS
GEARSHIFT CROSSOVER CABLE
ADJUSTMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
BEARING ADJUSTMENT PROCEDURE . . . . . . . . 50
DIFFERENTIAL BEARING PRELOAD
ADJUSTMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
SPECIFICATIONS
NV T350 (A-578) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
SPECIAL TOOLS
NV T350 (A-578) MANUAL TRANSAXLE. . . . . . . . 52
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.
CAUTION: The transaxle output shaft is serviced as
a unit. No disassembly and reassembly is possible.
Damage to the transaxle may result.
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