Front Planetary Gear: Disassembly
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- Check operation of one-way clutch. Holding sun gear, turn hub. Hub should turn freely clockwise and should lock when turned counterclockwise. See Figure.
- Turning hub clockwise, remove one-way clutch from sun gear. Remove thrust washer from sun gear input drum. Remove snap ring. Remove sun gear input drum. See Figure.
- Using a screwdriver, remove ring gear snap ring. Remove ring gear flange from ring gear. Remove front planetary gear from sun gear.