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Front Planetary Gearset Removal

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    Fig 1: Identifying Front Planetary Ring Gear
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  1. Remove the front planetary ring gear (1) from the front planetary carrier.
  2. Fig 2: View Of Forward Clutch Inner Thrust Bearing Race & Front Planetary Ring Gear Thrust Bearing
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  3. Remove the forward clutch inner thrust bearing race (3) from the top of the front planetary ring gear (1).
  4. Remove the front planetary ring gear thrust bearing (2) from the inside front planetary ring gear (1).
  5. Fig 3: Locating Front Planetary Carrier
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  6. Remove the front planetary carrier (2) from the sun gear input drum (1).
  7. Fig 4: Identifying Planetary Ring Gear Thrust Bearing Race, Front Planetary Carrier & Thrust Bearing
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  8. Remove the planetary ring gear thrust bearing race (1) from the top of the front planetary carrier (2).
  9. Remove the front planetary carrier thrust bearing from inside of the front planetary carrier (3).
  10. Fig 5: View Of Sun Gear Input Drum
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  11. Remove the sun gear input drum (2) from the intermediate one-way clutch and the rear planetary carrier.
  12. Fig 6: Locating Sun Gear Thrust Washer
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  13. Remove the sun gear thrust washer (2) from the rear of the sun gear input drum (1).