Operation CHARM: Car repair manuals for everyone.

Reverse Gear

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1. Remove the crossover cam rollers and pin.
2. Remove the reverse idler thrust washer from the reverse idler.

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3. Remove the reverse idler and reverse countershaft gears together.
4. Remove the reverse idler gear rear bearing, bearing spacer, front bearing, and front thrust washer from the idler gear shaft.

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5. Use Puller C-293-PA and Adapters C-293-52 to remove the reverse countershaft rear bearing from the countershaft reverse gear assembly.

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6. Use a suitable bearing splitter and shop press to separate the countershaft reverse gear and sleeve.

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7. Using Wrench 8226 on the output shaft nut and Socket 6993 to hold the output shaft, loosen the output shaft nut. Remove and discard the output shaft nut from the output shaft.

NOTE: The high torque can make the output shaft nut difficult to remove. If necessary, strike the flat side area of Wrench 8226 with a hammer to break the nut loose.

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8. Remove the output shaft ball bearing assembly and reverse thrust washer from the output shaft.

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9. Remove reverse gear, reverse gear synchronizer cone, reverse gear outer blocker ring, and reverse gear bearing.

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10. Remove the reverse gear bearing sleeve from the output shaft.

NOTE: It may be necessary to heat the sleeve slightly with a heat gun. Do not use a torch to heat the sleeve or damage to the output shaft may occur.

11. Using a suitable punch and hammer, remove the roll-pin securing the reverse shift fork to the reverse shift rail. The correct size punch is 6 mm (7/32 inch).

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12. Remove the reverse shift fork and synchronizer as an assembly from the reverse shift rail and the output shaft.