Yes, as silly as it seems, I am going to rebuild the AX5 trans in my '86 MJ in hopes that my 2.8 will get me along for a while longer before I have to drop a 3.4 into it. Although I've already got the trans out and the casings off, I've run into a problem.
I have a factory manual for a later year cherokee that has very detailed teardown/assembly instructions for the trans. However, the instructions are for the '87+ AX5, that has a 5th gear shift fork held on with a bolt, and a snap ring holding on the 5th gear. My trans has a rolled pin holding on the 5th gear fork instead of the bolt, and has a large nut with a punched collar holding on the actual gear instead of the snap ring.
My question is, if anyone else has torn down their older AX5, how did you get the rolled pin out and the nut off? I tried pounding on the pin with a small screwdriver and hammer, but only broke my screwdriver handle. Has anyone used some sort of press or something like a gear puller to press against the pin? And for the nut, how do you hold the shaft in place so you can turn the nut? And did you drive something under the punched collar to raise up the punched spots, or did you chisel them off or something?
Help!
Mike
'86 MJ with a gaping hole between the engine and driveshafts
