Installation - Transmission
- Install clutch housing on transmission and tighten housing bolts to 46 N.m (34 ft. lbs.).
- Lubricate contact surfaces of release fork pivot ball stud and release fork with high temp grease.
- Install release bearing, fork and retainer clip.
- Position and secure transmission on transmission jack.
- Lightly lubricate pilot bearing and transmission input shaft splines with Mopar high temp grease.
- Raise transmission and align transmission input shaft and clutch disc splines. Then slide transmission into place.
- Be sure the housing is properly seated on engine block before tightening bolts.
Install and tighten clutch housing-to-engine bolts to:
Tighten 3/8" diameter bolts to 37 N.m (27 ft. lbs.).
Tighten 7/16" diameter bolts to 58 N.m (43 ft. lbs.).
Tighten M12 bolts to 75 N.m (55 ft. lbs.).
- Be sure transmission is in first or third gear.
- Install rear crossmember and tighten crossmember-to-frame bolts to 41 N.m (31 ft. lbs.).
- Install fasteners to hold rear cushion and bracket to transmission. Then tighten transmission-to-rear support bolts/nuts to 54 N.m (40 ft. lbs.).
- Remove support stands from engine and transmission.
- Install and connect crankshaft position sensor.
- Position transfer case on transmission jack, if equipped.
- Secure transfer case to jack with safety chains, if equipped.
- Raise transfer case if equipped and align transfer case input shaft to the transmission output shaft.
- Slide transfer case forward until case is seated on transmission, if necessary.
- Install nuts to attach transfer case to transmission, if equipped. Tighten transfer case-to-transmission nuts to 35 N.m (26 ft. lbs.).
- Connect transfer case shift linkage at transfer case, if equipped.
- Connect transfer case vent hose, if equipped.
- Secure wire harnesses in clips/tie straps on transmission and transfer case if equipped.
- Engage wire connectors attached to all necessary transmission or transfer case, if equipped, components.
- Install rear propeller shaft slip yoke to transmission or transfer case output shaft if equipped.
- Install rear propeller shaft with reference marks aligned (see Fig 1).
- Install and tighten propeller shaft U-joint clamp bolts to 19 N.m (170 in. lbs.).
- Align marks on front propeller shaft, axle and transfer case yokes, if equipped.
- Install and tighten propeller shaft U-joint clamp bolts to 19 N.m (170 in. lbs.).
- Install slave cylinder in clutch housing.
- Install skid plate, if equipped and tighten bolts to 42 N.m (31 ft. lbs.). Tighten stud nuts to 17 N.m (150 in. lbs.).
- Fill transmission and transfer case if equipped, with recommended lubricants.
- Lower vehicle.
- Install nuts on two M6X1.0 bolts and thread the bolts into the threaded holes at the base of the shift lever.
- Tighten the nuts equally until the shift lever will slide over the shift tower stub shaft.
- Install the floor console and shift boot.