Manual Transmission Upper Case, Shifter Disassembly & Assembly: Disassembly

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Remove back up light switch (2) and locating spring bolts (3) from upper case (1).

Fig 1: Identifying Back Up Light Switch & Spring Bolts
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Take out locating springs and locating balls.
Remove 2 spring pins and pull out low speed gear shift shaft (3) and high speed gear shift shaft (2) in that order.
Pull out reverse gear shift shaft (1), then disconnect fork from shaft (1) by removing spring pin.
Special tool

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NOTE: Make sure that remaining gear shift shafts are all neutral position when removing a gear shift shaft.

Fig 2: Identifying Gear Shift Shafts & Shift Forks
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Take out rubber plug and 2 interlock balls from case.
Remove interlock pin from high speed gear shift shaft.