Front Final Drive Installation - Honda 2005 FOURTRAX FOREMAN TRX500 TM Service Manual

FRONT DRIVING MECHANISM (FM/FE models)
FRONT FINAL DRIVE INSTALLATION
Place the differential into the frame.
Install the right drive shaft onto the front final gear
in the same manner as on page 16-11.
Install a new stopper ring into the groove in the pro- ,-., ,
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peller shaft. OUTER RING STOPPER RING
Apply 5 - 8 g of molybdenum disulfide grease to the
front final clutch outer ring splines.
Install the propeller shaft assembly into the front
final clutch outer ring until the stopper ring seats in
the outer ring groove.
Make sure that the stopper ring is seated properly
by pulling on the propeller shaft lightly.
Install the propeller shaft boot over the outer ring
securely and the boot band into the boot groove.
Coat a new O-ring with molybdenum disulfide
grease and install it into the groove in the output
shaft.
Apply molybdenum disulfide grease to the output
shaft splines.
Move the front final gear assembly forward for max-
imum clearance between the propeller shaft joint
and output shaft.
Install the propeller shaft joint over the output shaft.
FRONT FINAL GEAR ASSEMBLY
RIGHT DRIVE SHAFT
PROPELLER SHAFT
PROPELLER SHAFT BOOT
OUTER RING BOOT BAND
PROPELLER
SHAFT JOINT
OUTPUT SHAFT
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