Jeep Wrangler 1997 Manual - page 930
(25) Install snap-rings onto the rear mainshaft and
countershaft bearings.
(26) Install the bolts to hold the reverse shift arm
bracket to the intermediate plate.
(27) Install new bolts to hold the shift forks to the
shift rails (Fig. 87).
(28) Position the mainshaft rear bearing retainer
over the output shaft and onto the intermediate
plate.
(29) Install new bolts to hold the bearing retainer
to the intermediate plate.
(30) Move the reverse shift arm into the reverse
gear position. The reverse gear position is with the
arm moved away from the intermediate plate (Fig.
88).
(31) Install the reverse idler gear assembly into
position on the mainshaft and reverse shift arm.
(32) Install the compression spring and pin into
the reverse idler gear shaft (Fig. 89).
(33) Install the reverse idler shaft through the
intermediate plate and reverse idler gear assembly
(Fig. 90) 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. 91). 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.
Fig. 87 Install Shift Fork Bolts
Fig. 88 Reverse Shift Arm Position
Fig. 89 Install Compression Spring And Pin
Fig. 90 Install Reverse Idler Shaft
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TRANSMISSION AND TRANSFER CASE
TJ
DISASSEMBLY AND ASSEMBLY (Continued)