Bearings and Spacers Cleaning and Inspection
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- Clean all the bearing parts in a suitable solvent. Air dry all the parts.
- Inspect the bearings and journals for roughness and unusual wear or damage.
- Inspect the mainshaft bearing journals for wear.
- Inspect the mainshaft speed gear bearings for wear.
- Inspect the main drive gear pilot bearing rollers for wear.
- Replace parts which show signs of excessive wear.
- Do not file surfaces which have been hardened and precision ground.
- Replace worn or damaged bearings.
- Replace mated bearing parts when only one part is damaged.
- Lubricate the bearings after inspection. Use Synthetic Manual Transmission Fluid GM P/N 12346190 (Canadian P/N 10953477).
NOTE:
Do not allow the bearings to spin. Turn them slowly by hand. Spinning the bearings may damage the race and the rollers.