Geartrain From Fixture; Rear Adapter Housing; Rear Adapter Housing Components; Third Gear Needle Bearing - Jeep Wrangler 2001 Service Manual

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(3) Lift rear adapter housing upward and off
geartrain (Fig. 36).
Fig. 36 REAR ADAPTER HOUSING

1 - REAR ADAPTER HOUSING

2 - OUTPUT SHAFT
(4) Remove bearing retainer bolts and remove rear
bearing retainer and rear bearing (Fig. 37). If needed
push or tap bearing out of the housing with a ham-
mer.
(5) Examine condition of bearing bore, counter-
shaft rear bearing race and idler shaft notch in rear
housing. Replace housing if race, bore or notch are
worn or damaged.
Fig. 37 REAR ADAPTER HOUSING COMPONENTS
1 - BEARING RETAINER
2 - RETAINER BOLTS (3)
3 - IDLER SHAFT NOTCH
4 - COUNTERSHAFT REAR BEARING RACE
5 - REAR BEARING
2001 JEEP WRANGLER

GEARTRAIN FROM FIXTURE

(1) Remove reverse idler gear assembly from
assembly fixture cup.
(2) Remove 1-2 and fifth-reverse forks from syn-
chro sleeves.
(3) Slide countershaft out of fixture tool.
(4) Remove output shaft bearing retainer from
rear surface of fifth gear (retainer will drop onto gear
after bolts are removed).
(5) Lift and remove output shaft and gears off
input shaft.
(6) Lift and remove input shaft, pilot bearing and
fourth gear synchro ring from assembly fixture tool.
OUTPUT SHAFT
NOTE: The synchronizer hubs and sleeves are dif-
ferent and must not be intermixed. Remove each
synchronizer unit as an assembly to avoid intermix-
ing parts. Reference mark or tag each synchro hub
and sleeve for correct assembly.
(1) Remove snap ring that secures 3-4 synchro hub
on output shaft.
(2) Remove 3-4 synchro assembly, third gear syn-
chro ring and third gear with shop press and Bearing
Splitter 1130. Position splitter between second and
third gears.
(3) Remove third gear needle bearing (Fig. 38).

1 - THIRD GEAR NEEDLE BEARING

Fig. 38 THIRD GEAR NEEDLE BEARING
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