Front Reduction Driven Gear: Disassembly

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Remove the front reduction driven shaft from the front reduction driven gear.
Remove the snap ring.

Fig 1: Identifying Snap Ring
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Remove the retaining plate, drive plate, driven plate and dish plate.

Fig 2: Identifying Retaining Plate, Drive Plate, Driven Plate And Dish Plate
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Remove the seal ring from front reduction driven shaft.

Fig 3: Locating Seal Ring Of Front Reduction Driven Shaft
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Remove the ball bearing, while tapping the entire circumference around the ball bearing outer race a little at a time through the front reduction driven shaft hole using the round bar with diameter of 7 mm (0.28 in).

Fig 4: Removing Ball Bearing
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