Transaxle Disassembly
- Mount transmission in bench mounted holding fixture. Remove shift control assembly from top of transaxle case. Using a slide hammer, carefully remove left and right differential seals. Remove roll pin and vehicle speed sensor assembly.
- Remove transaxle case-to-clutch housing bolts. Note length and location of bolts for reassembly reference. DO NOT remove locating dowels. Using pry bar and wood block apply force at lug next to selector housing opening to separate case halves. See Fig 1. Lift transaxle housing off clutch housing.
- Remove differential assembly. Remove round magnet from transaxle case. Pull long and short shift fork rails from case. Remove 1st-2nd shift fork. Swing 5th-Reverse shift fork aside. Rotate and remove 3rd-4th shift fork, then remove 5th-Reverse shift fork. Remove 2 reverse idler gear shaft mounting bracket bolts. Hold input and output shafts aside.
- Remove reverse idler shaft support bracket. Lift input and output shafts from case together with reverse idler gear. Remove differential bearing races and shim, input shaft and output shaft bearing races and shims from clutch housing and transaxle case.
- Disconnect pressure line and bleeder pipe from clutch slave cylinder. Remove retaining bolts and slave cylinder from clutch housing. Remove input shaft seal using appropriate puller. Remove reverse idler gear mounting plate. Using a brass punch, drive out reverse idler gear shaft.
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