Opel 1900 1973 Service Manual page 391

1973 OPEL SERVICE MANUAL
Figure 78.44 Mainshaft Assembly Secured Into Rear
Bearing Retainer by Snap Ring
16. Place front synchronizer spring in the gear shifter
sleeve carrier. Install (3) third and fourth speed shoes
(short design) and gear shifter sleeve over gear shifter
sleeve carrier along with synchronizer cover. Arrows
on shoes point toward rear of mainshaft. Gear shifter
sleeve yoke groove should be toward front.
17. With sealer, install new gasket onto transmission
case extension housing.
Installing Reverse Idler Gear and Reverse Gear
Shifter Shaft
1. Inspect shafts carefully for burrs, and remove with
emery cloth. Burrs on shifter shaft will prevent easy
installation of shifter yoke. Lightly oil with transmis-
sion oil prior to installation. Place lock ball into
reverse idler gear shaft and push shaft through hole
in rear of case and on through reverse idler gear
which should have groove end toward front. See Fig-
ure 7B-46.
Continue to drive reverse idler gear shaft forward
with plastic hammer until rear end of shaft is flush
with rear case face.
2. Position reverse speed shifter yoke in groove of
reverse idler gear and install reverse gear shifter shaft
from rear of case with notches up, pushing it through
reverse speed shifter yoke. See
3. Install spiral pin to secure yoke
drive plug into hole in rear of case.
from rear.
2. From the'front, slide mainshaft front ring and the
mainshaft needle bearing onto the mainshaft. See
Figure 7B-47.
shifter shaft and
to
SHOULDER OR SHIFTE
Figure 78-46 Installing Reverse Shifter Fork
Figure 78.47 Third and Fourth Speed Shifter Shaft
Installed
Installing Mainshaft Assembly and Main Drive
G e a r
1. Slide mainshaft assembly into transmission case
Figure 7B-48.
3. Install main drive gear through front of transmis-
sion case until main drive (standard part) snap ring
is flush with case.
Installing Third and Fourth Gear Shifter Shaft
1. Position third and fourth speed yoke onto gear
shifter sleeve. See Figure 7B-47.
2. Insert third and fourth gear shifter shaft through
hole in front of case with notches down, pushing it
through third and fourth speed yoke. Third and