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Secondary Shaft Assembly

J2-24parts diagram

Manual transaxle (M/T) secondary shaft.

Secondary Shaft Assembly

  1. 1
    Measure the thrust clearance of 1st gear and 2nd gear before disassembly, referring to Preinspection.
  2. 2
    Disassemble in the order shown in the figure, referring to Disassembly Note.
    Exploded view of the manual transaxle secondary shaft assembly with 16 numbered balloon callouts. The secondary shaft gear (12) runs diagonally from upper-left. Components shown include bearing secondary shaft end (11, SST/REPLACE), 1st gear (10, SST), 1st synchronizer ring (9, SST), 1st/2nd clutch hub assembly (8, SST), synchronizer key spring (13), clutch hub sleeve/reverse gear (14), synchronizer key (15), 1st/2nd clutch hub (16), and the lower row: 2nd synchronizer ring (6), 2nd gear (5, SST), secondary 3rd gear (4, SST), retaining ring (3, REPLACE), secondary 4th gear (2, SST), bearing (1, SST), and retaining ring (7).
Parts DiagramFig. fig1
#Part NameNotes
1BearingDisassembly Note page J2-25; Inspection page J2-28
2Secondary 4th gearDisassembly Note page J2-25; Inspection page J2-27
3Retaining ring
4Secondary 3rd gearDisassembly Note page J2-25; Inspection page J2-27
52nd gearPreinspection page J2-25; Disassembly Note page J2-25; Inspection page J2-27
62nd synchronizer ringInspection page J2-27
7Retaining ring
81st/2nd clutch hub assemblyDisassembly Note page J2-25; Inspection page J2-27
91st synchronizer ringDisassembly Note page J2-25; Inspection page J2-27
101st gearPreinspection page J2-25; Disassembly Note page J2-25; Inspection page J2-27
11Bearing (secondary shaft end)Disassembly Note page J2-26; Inspection page J2-28
12Secondary shaft gearInspection page J2-28
13Synchronizer key spring
14Clutch hub sleeve (reverse gear)
15Synchronizer key
161st/2nd clutch hub

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