Semi-Synchronized Reverse Idler Gear - Jeep Wrangler 1999 Electronic Service Manual

21 - 32 TRANSMISSION AND TRANSFER CASE
DISASSEMBLY AND ASSEMBLY (Continued)
Fig. 113 Check First–Second Gear Thrust Clearance
(25) Position fifth gear onto output shaft with the
gear's short shoulder toward the rear of shaft.
Ensure that the gear and output shaft splines are
aligned.
(26) Using Adapter 6747-1A, Driver L-4507, and a
shop press, press fifth gear onto output shaft.
(27) Select the thickest snap-ring that will fit into
the snap-ring groove of the output shaft (Fig. 114).
(28) Install snap-ring to hold fifth gear onto output
shaft.

SEMI-SYNCHRONIZED REVERSE IDLER GEAR

DISASSEMBLY
(1) Remove snap-ring holding the reverse idler
gear onto the reverse idler gear hub/race (Fig. 115).
(2) Remove the plate washer from the reverse idler
gear hub/race (Fig. 116).
(3) Remove the reverse idler gear from the reverse
idler gear hub/race (Fig. 117).
(4) Remove the reverse idler gear synchronizer
ring from the reverse idler gear hub/race (Fig. 118).
ASSEMBLY
(1) Install the reverse idler gear synchronizer ring
onto the reverse idler gear hub/race. Apply a film of
75W-90 GL-3 transmission oil to the contact surface
of the synchronizer ring prior to assembly.
(2) Install the reverse idler gear onto the reverse
idler gear hub/race. Apply a film of 75W-90 GL-3
transmission oil to the reverse idler gear bushing
prior to assembly.Verify that the teeth on the syn-
chronizer ring are properly engaged into the recesses
of the reverse idler gear.
(3) Install the plate washer over the reverse idler
gear hub/race and onto the reverse idler gear.
(4) Install the snap-ring to hold the reerse idler
gear onto the reverse idler hub/race.
Fig. 114 Select/Install Fifth Gear Snap Ring
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