Removal - Transmission
- Shift transmission into first or third gear.
- Remove the floor console and shift boot as necessary to access the bottom of the shift lever at the shift tower attachment.
- 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 loosens on the shift tower stub shaft.
- Remove the shift lever from the shift tower.
- Raise and support vehicle on suitable safety stands.
- Support engine with adjustable jack stand. Position wood block between jack and oil pan to avoid damaging pan.
- Remove skid plate, if equipped.
- Remove crossmember.
- Disconnect necessary exhaust system components.
- Remove slave cylinder (see Fig 1) from clutch housing.
- Mark rear propeller shaft and rear axle yokes for installation alignment (see Fig 2).
- Mark front propeller shaft, axle and transfer case yokes for installation alignment, if equipped.
- Remove propeller shaft(s).
- Unclip wire harnesses from transmission and transfer case, if equipped.
- Disconnect transfer case vent hose, if equipped.
- Disengage any wire connectors attached to transmission or transfer case, if equipped, components.
- Support transfer case, if equipped, with transmission jack.
- Secure transfer case, if equipped, to jack with safety chains.
- Disconnect transfer case shift linkage at transfer case, if equipped.
- Remove nuts attaching transfer case to transmission, if equipped.
- Remove transfer case, if equipped.
- Remove crankshaft position sensor (see Fig 3).
CAUTION: It is important that the crankshaft position sensor be removed prior to transmission removal. The sensor can easily be damaged if left in place during removal operations.
- Support engine with adjustable jack stand. Position wood block between jack and oil pan to avoid damaging pan.
- Support transmission with transmission jack.
- Secure transmission to jack with safety chains.
- Disconnect rear cushion and bracket from transmission.
- Remove rear crossmember.
- Remove clutch housing-to-engine bolts.
- Pull transmission jack rearward until input shaft clears clutch. Then slide transmission out from under vehicle.
- Remove clutch release bearing, release fork and retainer clip.
- Remove clutch housing from transmission (see Fig 4).