Jeep Cherokee 2000 Service Manual - page 983
(7) Install rear housing onto geartrain (Fig. 103).
Be sure bearing retainer pilot stud is in correct bolt
hole in housing. Also be sure countershaft and output
shaft bearings are aligned in housing and on counter-
shaft. It may be necessary to lift upward on counter-
shaft slightly to ensure that the countershaft rear
bearing engages to the countershaft before the rear
output shaft bearing engages the housing.
(8) Seat rear housing on output shaft rear bearing
and countershaft. Use plastic or rawhide mallet to
tap housing into place.
(9) Install the three bolts that secure rear bearing
retainer to rear housing as follows:
(a) Apply Mopar
t Gasket Maker, or equivalent,
to bolt threads, bolt shanks and under bolt heads
(Fig. 104).
(b) Start first two bolts in retainer (Fig. 105). It
may be necessary to move retainer rearward (with
pilot stud) in order to start bolts in retainer.
(c) Remove Pilot Stud 8120 and install last
retainer bolt (Fig. 105).
(d) Tighten all three retainer bolts to 30-35 N·m
(22-26 ft. lbs.) torque.
Fig. 102 Countershaft Rear Bearing Seated In
Seated in Race
1 – SHIFT SHAFT BUSHING/BEARING
2 – COUNTERSHAFT REAR BEARING (SEATED IN RACE)
Fig. 103 Rear Housing Installation—2WD
1 – REAR HOUSING
2 – SHIFT FORKS AND GEARTRAIN
Fig. 104 Applying Sealer To Retainer And Housing
Bolts
1 – MOPAR GASKET MAKER (OR LOCTITE 518)
2 – RETAINER AND HOUSING BOLTS
3 – APPLY SEALER TO UNDERSIDE OF BOLT HEAD, SHANK
AND THREADS
Fig. 105 Removing Pilot Stud Tool And Installing
Retainer Bolts—2WD
1 – BEARING RETAINER BOLT
2 – SPECIAL TOOL 8120
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