Installing the Locking Collar/Synchronizer Hub for 5th and 6th Gears
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On some locking collars, there is a chamfer on the outer diameter.
Installation position: the bevel on the outer diameter of the locking collar faces toward the 5th gear wheel.
-- Turn the synchronizer ring so that the grooves line up with the locking pieces.
-- Install the circlip.
-- Install the 5th gear synchronizer ring.
-- Install 5th gear wheel with needle bearing.