Disassembling and assembling rear hollow shaft with rear freewheel - AR27.50-P-0850A

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TRANSMISSION 722.6

Fig 1: Identifying Rear Hollow Shaft With Rear Freewheel Components

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	Disassemble/assemble
1	Detach transmission housing from torque converter housing		AR27.50-P-0601A
2	Remove multi-disk clutch K1, K2 and K3		AR27.50-P-0621A
3	Remove circlip (45h), shim (45g), axle needle roller bearing (45f) from hollow shaft (45a).	Installation: Check that circlip is correctly seated. Check O-rings (45b), replace if necessary. If using BT27.50-P-0011-01A, axial needle roller bearing and shim are no longer required.
4	Remove rear sun gear (45e) with internally toothed disk carrier/ K3 and rear freewheel (45d).	Installation: Install hollow shaft (45a) on freewheel and press in while turning counterclockwise
	Friction bearing in sun gear of rear planetary gearset converted to anti-friction bearing	Transmission 722.6	BT27.50-P-0011-01A
5	Remove snap ring (45c) for freewheel
6	Press freewheel out of sun gear.	Installation: The thrust plate of the freewheel (45d) must face the snap ring (45c).
7	Assemble in reverse order