Bearing Retainer & Shaft Bearing Race

Fig. 2 Front bearing retainer removal:

1. Remove front bearing retainer bolts, then retainer.
2. On two wheel drive models, proceed as follows:

Fig. 3 Rear bearing retainer & speedometer gear removal. Two wheel drive:

a. Remove rear bearing retainer.
b. Remove yoke to output attaching nut, then yoke from output shaft splines.
c. Remove bolts attaching rear bearing retainer to gear case, then bearing retainer using a rubber mallet.
d. Remove speedometer gear and spacers from output shaft, then preload shims from rear retainer or bearings.
e. Remove yoke seal from retainer.
3. On four wheel drive models, proceed as follows:

Fig. 4 Rear bearing retainer removal. Four wheel drive:

a. Remove rear bearing retainer bolts, then retainer from gear case.

Fig. 5 Shim location in rear bearing retainer. Four wheel drive:

b. Remove bearing preload shims from rear bearing retainer.
4. On all models, remove output shaft and countershaft bearing races by tapping on front and rear faces of gear case with a plastic mallet to loosen races.