Rear Bearing Housing Disassembly - Manual Transmission

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Position the rear bearing housing assembly into a press. Apply pressure to the housing and compress the wave washer in order to remove the snap ring (1) from the hub.

Fig 1: Compressing Wave Washer
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Remove the snap ring (1) from the hub.

Fig 2: Removing Snap Ring From Hub
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Position the bearing housing assembly (1) into a press in order to remove the hub and bearing assembly (2).
Remove the hub, with bearing (1) from the housing. The wave washer will remain in the housing.

Fig 3: Removing Hub And Bearing Assembly
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Remove the snap rings (1) and bearing (2) from the hub (3).

Fig 4: Removing Snap Rings And Bearing From Hub
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Remove the propeller shaft bushing (1) and transmission input shaft bushing (2) from the hub (3) - manual transmission.

Fig 5: Removing Propeller Shaft Bushing And Transmission Input Shaft Bushing
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Remove the snap ring (1) from the rear bearing housing.

Fig 6: Removing Snap Ring From Rear Bearing Housing
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Position the rear bearing housing into a press and remove the bearing (1).

Fig 7: Removing Rear Bearing
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Remove the O-rings (1) from the rear bearing housing.

Fig 8: Removing O-Rings From Rear Bearing Housing
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Discard the O-rings.
Remove the wave washer (1) from the rear bearing housing.

Fig 9: Removing Wave Washer From Rear Bearing Housing
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