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Bonus points if you wash the 'case in your gf's bathtub!
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A 1356 weighs 72.5 lbs
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Begin by removing the rear yoke or companion flange
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Now remove the bolts which hold the rear tailshaft housing on
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Now you'll find a c-clip behind the speedo drive gear - remove this
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Here you can just make out the BB which locates the speedo drive gear. Remove this and store carefu...
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I used my bearning splitter to pull the drive gear off, but you can use long screwdrivers or pry bar...
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You can just make out the notch in the drive gear that the BB uses to locate it
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Now you must remove this snap ring; be sure you have _quality_ snap ring pliers. I eventually went ...
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Now you may remove the bolts which anchor the case halves. Carefully slide the back half off to exp...
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Now remove the front output yoke
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As a note of interest, here you can see the oil pump locator arm and the notch in the case in which ...
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This is what happens to the oil pump locator arm if it eats thru the 'case
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Here's one (good) way to prevent oil pump failure. The rod increases contact area and makes it much...
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This is the oil pump pickup. Black rectangular magnet underneath it slides into a notch in the case
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You can now slide the front and rear cogs back toward you, bringing the chain with it. Here you see...
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This is the high range/neutral/low range selector. Note the shift fork pads (white) in which it alw...
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Here you see what happens if the shift fork pads wear thru; this 'case had 208k miles on it
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Now flip the front case half over and pry out the front input seal to reveal this snap ring. Be cer...
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Duckbill pliers as mentioned above
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Remove this large "snap ring" and the planetary assy will drop out
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Checking play in the planetary assy, movement should not exceed 60/1000. See this: http://www.atra...
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Some of the bearings are retained with internal snap rings like this
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I pulled the tailshaft bearing out like so
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The needle bearings which support the rear of the front output were difficult to remove. I finally ...
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The internals of the oil pump assy
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Here's all the rebuild parts I ordered. Top: seals and bearings, lower left new Morse chain, lower ...
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Here's most of the tools I used. Note the nice, large red-handled Snap-On snap ring pliers
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All done in the gf's spare bedroom
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A BW4407 weighs 117lbs

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