Jeep Wrangler 2001 Service Manual page 376

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MANUAL-AX5 (Continued)
(12) Remove bolts holding 1-2 and 3-4 shift forks
to the shift rails (Fig. 28) and discard bolts.
Fig. 28 Shift Fork Bolts
1 - 1-2 SHIFT FORK
2 - 3-4 SHIFT FORK
(13) Remove bolts holding reverse shift arm
bracket to intermediate plate (Fig. 29).
Fig. 29 Reverse Shift Arm Bracket Bolts
1 - BRACKET BOLTS
(14) Remove snap-ring holding output shaft rear
bearing into the intermediate plate (Fig. 30).
(15) Remove countershaft rear bearing snap-ring.
2001 JEEP WRANGLER
Fig. 30 Output Shaft Rear Bearing Snap-ring
1 - OUTPUT SHAFT BEARING SNAP-RING
2 - COUNTERSHAFT BEARING SNAP-RING
(16) With an assistant, support the mainshaft and
countershaft. Tap on the rear of the mainshaft and
countershaft with a plastic mallet. This will release
the countershaft from the countershaft rear bearing
and mainshaft rear bearing from the intermediate
plate. The countershaft will release from the counter-
shaft bearing first and can be removed by moving the
countershaft rearward and downward (Fig. 31).
1 - INPUT SHAFT
2 - INTERMEDIATE PLATE
3 - OUTPUT SHAFT
4 - COUNTERSHAFT
5 - COUNTERSHAFT REAR BEARING
(17) Remove the mainshaft forward until the
mainshaft rear bearing is clear of the intermediate
plate and then rotating the mainshaft downward out
of the shift forks (Fig. 32).
MANUAL-AX5
Fig. 31 Countershaft and Rear Bearing
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