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ACK!


So I'm sitting here last night staring at this photo. This is the front side of the output shaft, and has pressed on gears. I had been waiting for the right puller attachment to disconnect it from the center case, as pictured. One of the parts on here is the clutch hub&sleeve of which i have a solo picture in a previous blog entry. The above pic is from before i pressed any of these gears off.

Anyway, here i sat last night, staring at this photo. Staring and worrying. The transmission is fully assembled now.
So these hub sleeves have a front and rear side. I dont know how well y'all can see it, but in the pic, there is a groove on the front sleeve (rt side of pic) which faces front. The groove on the rearward sleeve faces rearward. Did i put them on that way? I remember referring to the photo during assembly, but something was nagging at me, telling me that I have them both facing forward.
If so, the entire transmission needs to come back apart. ACK!
So with a stormcloud over my head and a tear in my eye, i head out to the garage this morning.

Remove speedometer gear & reverse switch. Remove case bolts & shift rod bolt. Remove rear case w/ rod. Remove front cover bolts and 2 snap rings. Remove front cover, and stare.
HOORAY!!!
I'm not a complete idiot!

I did it right. I dont need to completely disassemble. Just had to share with the world. Now let's see if I can do anything about the shift rod alignment while it's out ;)