Jeep Cherokee 2000 Service Manual - page 936
(32) Install the compression spring and pin into
the reverse idler gear shaft (Fig. 88).
(33) Install the reverse idler shaft through the
intermediate plate and reverse idler gear assembly
(Fig. 89) until the idler shaft pin contacts the gear
assembly. Make sure that the notched cut-out in the
idler shaft is to the rear of the transmission.
(34) Align the pin with the alignment notch in the
reverse idler gear assembly (Fig. 90). The alignment
notch in the reverse idler gear race/hub is a small
relief cut above one of the main longitudinal slots. Be
sure that the pin is aligned with the proper slot, the
opposite slot has an oil drain hole which the pin will
drop into. The assembly will then be locked onto the
shaft and will need to be disassembled in order to be
removed.
(35) Depress
compression
spring
and
pin
in
reverse idler gear shaft (Fig. 91).
(36) Install
the
reverse
idler
gear
shaft
the
remainder of the way through the reverse idler gear
assembly.
Fig. 87 Reverse Shift Arm Position
1 – REVERSE SHIFT ARM
2 – INTERMEDIATE PLATE
Fig. 88 Install Compression Spring And Pin
1 – REVERSE IDLER GEAR SHAFT
2 – PIN
3 – COMPRESSION SPRING
Fig. 89 Install Reverse Idler Shaft
1 – REVERSE IDLER SHAFT
Fig. 90 Align Idler Shaft Pin
1 – REVERSE IDLER GEAR ASSEMBLY
2 – ALIGNMENT NOTCH
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