CAUTION Before opening snap ring be sure ends are fairly well centered in recess in case If ring is expanded when the ring ends are against either side of the recess the snap ring radius can hang in the bearing groove and result in a broken case when the bearing is pulled d Pull bearing and clutch gear by turning nut while holding screw with a wrench as shown fig 6D17 Needle roller bearings will fall out when clutch gear is removed 4 Remove transmission case top cover and gasket by removing eight screws and lockwashers 5 Remove snap ring from mainshaft groove Snap ring is immediately behind mainshaft bearing as shown in figure 6D 1 6 Drive or press mainshaft out of transmission fig 613 8 7 Remove thrust washer second speed gear sliding gear and second and third speed clutch from case by lifting out through top cover hole 8 To remove the mainshaft bearing from the case fully expand its snap ring and tap bearing out by driving on outer race fig 6D 9 9 Remove countergear by driving out countershaft with J 5777 from the hole in the front of the case A drift may be used instead of J 5777 but the Fig 6D 7 Pulling Clutch Gear and Bearing with J 8361 needle bearings used at both ends of the countergear will be displaced which will require their restacking at assembly 10 If replacement is anticipated remove reverse idler gear To remove first drive the reverse idler shaft lock pin into the shaft then drive the reverse idler shaft out of case with a drift from the through hole at the rear of case fig 6D 10 The expansion v v E v Ar i 1