Input Shaft, Output Shaft, Reverse Drive Gear And Shift Rails/Shift Forks Overview

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Fig 1: Identifying Input Shaft, Output Shaft, Reverse Drive Gear & Shift Rails/Shift Forks Overview

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Transmission Housing
- With differential and pinion
Input and Output Shafts with Shift Fork Group
- Disassembling and assembling, refer to SHIFT FORK GROUP, INPUT SHAFT, 1ST, 2ND AND REVERSE GEAR OUTPUT SHAFTS OVERVIEW
Oil Catch Tray
- Gets clipped in to the bearing bracket
Reverse Drive Gear
- With the reverse shaft
- Reverse drive gear assembly overview; refer to Fig 2
Oil Guide Element
Magnet
- Clean off

Fig 2: Reverse Drive Gear Assembly Overview

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1 - Reverse drive gear

Installed position: The shoulder faces the transmission housing.

2 - Needle bearing

3 - Reverse shaft support

4 - O-ring

5 - Reverse shaft

Slide the O-ring onto the circular groove, -arrow- item 4.

The threaded hole on the reverse shaft must line up down the center with the opening on the reverse shaft support.