1953 JEEP DJ Service Manual

'Jeep'
UNIVERSAL SERIES SERVICE
MANUAL

Jl

FIG.
Jl-9—INCORRECT
OIL
SEAL POSITION J1-7.
Installing
4-Speed
Transmission

Install
the four-speed transmission in the reverse

order
of the removal, noting the following points:

When
installing the front adapter plate (Fig. Jl-1,

insert
the bearing retainer in the adapter plate and
position the adapter plate against the flywheel
housing.
With
the adapter plate cap screws tight, make sure the bearing retainer can be removed
freely. If not, relocate the adapter plate and tighten
again to
test
proper location of adapter plate.
When
installing
rear
adapter plate, be sure cap
screw heads do not protrude beyond the adapter
plate face or interfere with transfer case fitting
tightly against
rear
adapter plate.

When
installing transfer case gear on the trans-
FIG.
Jl-10—CORRECT
OIL
SEAL POSITION

mission
rear
splined drive shaft tighten the large
gear nut securely and insert cotter pin.
Sink
cotter

pin
well into nut
slots
so it
will
clear
P.T.O.
drive.

J1-8.
Adapter Plate
Oil
Seal
It
is important that the four-speed transmission
adapter plate oil seal be correctly installed to
prevent flow of lubricant from the transfer case
to the transmission. Should the lubricant level be
low in the transfer case and high in the transmission,
check the position of the oil seal. See Fig. Jl-9 and

Jl-10.
Correctly
positioned, the lip of the oil seal is
toward
the transfer case. Always replace the oil

seal
whenever it has been removed. 265

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FOUR-SPEED
TRANSMISSION
Jl-9.
TRANSMISSION
SER¥ICE
DIAGNOSIS

SYMPTOMS

Lock
In Two Gears

Slips
Out of High Gear Transmission Misaligned with Bellhousing

End
Play in Main Drive Gear Damaged Pilot Bearing or Front Bearing.
Slips Out of
Second
Worn
Gear
Weak
Poppet
Spring
PROBABLE
REMEDY

Replace
Poppet
or Shift Levers
Align Transmission Case to Bellhousing and Bellhousing to Engine
Tighten Front Retainer Replace
Replace Replace

Noise
in Low Gear
Gear
Teeth Worn. Replace Gears
Shifting
Shoe
Bent Replace
Shoe
Lack
of Lubrication Drain and Refill

Grease
Leak into Bellhousing Gasket Broken Front Bearing Retainer......... Replace Transmission Main Drive Gear Oil Seal Replace

Jl-10.
TRANSMISSION
SPECIFICATIONS

HURRICANE
F4
ENGINE
4-SPEED

Vehicle:
CJ-5,
CJ-6

Warner
T98A

Type..
• Synchronous Mesh
4 Forward — 1 Reverse
Ratios: —
First
. .
6.398
to 1

Second
3.092
to 1

Third
1.686 to 1

Fourth
1.000 to 1

7.820
to 1

DAUNTLESS
V-6
ENGINE
4-SPEED

Vehicle:
Late
CJ-5 Only

Warner

Model T-18
Type Synchromesh
4 Forward — 1 Reverse
Ratios: —
First
4.02 to 1

Second
2.41 to 1

Third
1.41 to 1

Fourth
1.00 to 1
Reverse 4.73 to 1 266

'Jeep'
UNIVERSAL SERIES SERVICE
MANUAL

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TRANSFER CASE

Contents

SUBJECT
PAR.

GENERAL
. . .K-1

TRANSFER CASE REMOVAL
K-2
TRANSFER CASE DISASSEMBLY
K-3
Front
Bearing Cap K-4

Rear
Bearing Cap K-5

TRANSFER CASE REASSEMBLY.
. .K-6

TRANSFER CASE INSTALLATION
K-7
TRANSFER CASE LINKAGE
ADJUSTMENT
K-8

SERVICE
DIAGNOSIS
K-9

SPECIFICATIONS
.K-10

K-1. GENERAL
All
4-wheel-drive models are equipped with a
transfer
case to connect the power to the front
axle.
It is essentially a
two-speed
transmission
located at the
rear
of the standard transmission
and
provides a low and direct gear.

The
transfer case gears are controlled by the
driver

through
one shift lever.
Early
'Jeep'
Universal
Models with the F4-134
Hurricane
engine
are equipped with two transfer case shift control levers.

a.
On vehicles equipped with one transfer case

shift
lever, the transfer case shift lever has four
positions: 2WD
High,
4WD
High,
Neutral, and
4WD
low. The forward position of the lever 2WD

High
allows the
rear
wheels only to drive. The

first
rear
position (4WD High)
engages
the 4- wheel drive and provides high range 4-wheel drive.

The
second
rear
position (Neutral)
disengages
all power to the wheels and is used for stationary
power take-off operations. The last
rear
position
(4WD
Low) provides low range 4-wheel drive.

b.
On vehicles equipped with two transfer case

shift
levers, the transfer case front axle drive lever (left hand lever)
gives
a choice of 2-wheel or 4-
wheel drive. In the forward (out) position the
vehicle is in 2-wheel drive. Move the lever to the

rear
(in) position for 4-wheel drive operation.
The
4-wheel-drive
auxiliary-range
shift lever (right

hand
lever) has three positions; low, neutral, and
high.
The forward position (low)
gives
low-range
4-wheel drive. The center position (neutral) dis­
engages
all power to the wheels and is used for

stationary
power take-off operations. A built-in in­

terlock
prevents shifting into low range, 2-wheel
drive.
This
feature protects the
rear
axle from over­

load.
K-2.
Removal of
Transfer
Case

The
transfer case may be removed from the vehicle
without removing the transmission. Where both

transmission
and transfer case are to be removed
together,
refer to Section J. To remove only the

transfer
case from the vehicle, proceed as follows:

a.
Drain
transmission
and transfer case and replace

drain
plugs.

b.
Disconnect the brake cable.

c.
Disconnect front and
rear
propeller shafts at
the transfer case. See "Propeller Shafts and
Uni­
versal
Joints."

d.
Disconnect
speedometer
cable at transfer case. e. Disconnect the transfer case shift levers. On
vehicles equipped with two shift levers
loosen

set screw and remove pivot pin. Use a screw
driver

to pry shift lever springs away from shift levers.
Lift
levers from transfer case. On models equipped

with
a single shift lever remove pivot pin cotter

key,
and the adjusting rod attaching nut to remove

shift
lever. See Fig. K-4.
f. Remove cover plate on
rear
face of transfer case.

Remove
cotter key, nut and washer from trans­

mission
main shaft.
g. If possible, at this point remove the transfer case main drive gear from the transmission main

shaft.
If not possible, see
step
j below.

h.
Remove transfer case torque reaction support

bracket
bolt and nut.

i.
Remove transmission to transfer case bolts.
j.
Remove transfer case. If the transfer case main

drive
gear has not been removed in
step
g above,
proceed as follows:
Brace
the end of the trans­

mission
main shaft so that it cannot
move
in the
transmission,
pull
the transfer case to the
rear
to 267

TRANSFER
CASE

FIG.
K-1—TRANSFER
CASE
—
TWO
SHIFT
LEVERS

1— Companion Flange
2—
Brake
Drum 3— Emergency Brake
4—Operating Lever
5—
Oil
Seal 6—
Lever
Stud 7—
-Rear
Cap
8— Shims

9—
Screw
10—
Lockwasher
11— Bolt
12—
-Rear
Cover
13—
Gasket

14—
Lock
Plate
15—
Transfer
Case
16— Shift Rod 17—
Poppet
Plug

18—Poppet
Spring 19—
Poppet
Ball

20— Interlock
21—Gasket 22—
Front
Cap
23—
Breather
24— Shift Lever Spring

26—Shift
Lever
25*A—Shift Lever
(used
with
4-speed

transmission) 26— Shift Lever Knob
27— Shift Lever
27A—Shift Lever
(used
with
4-speed
transmission)
28—
Pivot
Pin
29—
Lubrication
Fitting
30— Set Screw
31—
Oil
Seal 32—
Front
Yoke
33—
Gasket
34— Bolt

3
5—Lockwasher
36— Shift Rod
37—
Shift
Fork
38— Shift
Fork

39—
Filler
Pipe Plug
40—Mainshaft Gear 41— plain Washer
42—
Thrust
Washer
43—
Intermediate
Gear
44—
Snap Ring

45—
Bearing

46—
Nut 47— Washer
48— Output Clutch Shaft
49—
Output Clutch Gear
50— Snap Ring 51—
Thrust
Washer
52— Output Shaft Gear
53— Sliding Gear
54— Bushing
55— Output Shaft
56— Cone and Rollers

57—
Bearing
Cup
58—
Speedometer
Gear 59—
Needle
Bearings 60—Bearing Spacers
61—
Intermediate
Shaft
62—
Drain
Plug 63—
Gasket

64—Nut
65—
Bottom
Cover
66—
Sleeve

67—
Speedometer
Gear 68— Bushing
69—
Gasket
70— Bolt

71—Bolt
72—
Hex Nut
72— Bolt
73— Bolt
74—
Lockwasher

75— Nut
76— Output Shaft Seal 268

FIG.
K-2—TRANSFER CASE
— ONE
SHIFT
LEVER

1— Companion Flange and Oil Seal
Guard

2— Emergency Brake Drum
3— Emergency Brake 4—
Brake
Operating Lever
5—
Bearing
Cap Ofl Seal 6—
Brake
Operating Lever Stud 7—
Rear
Bearing Cap
8—
Rear
Bearing Cap Shim Set
9— Bolt
10—
Lockwasher

11— Bolt 12—
Transfer
Case Hear Cover
13—
Rear
Gasket Cover 14—
Intermediate
Shaft
Lock
Plate

15—
Transfer
Case
1G—Shift
Rod
17—
Poppet
Plug
18—
Poppet
Spring 19—
Poppet
Ball

20— Shift Rod Interlock
21—
Bearing
Cap Gasket
22—
Front
Bearing Shaft Cap
23—
Breather

24— Shift Rod Oil Seal
25—
End
Yoke
26—
Oil
Seal Gasket
27— Bolt
2 8—Lockwasher 29— Shift Rod
30—
Front
Wheel Drive Shift
Fork

31— Underdrive and Direct Shift
Fork

32—
Filler
Plug 33— Mainshaft
Gear

34— Mainshaft Washer 35—
Thrust
Washer
36—
Intermediate
Gear
37—
Bearing
Shaft Snap Ring
38— Output Clutch Shaft Bearing
39— Companion Flange Nut
40—
Plain
Washer
41— Output Clutch Shaft
42— Output Clutch Shaft
Gear

43— Output Shaft
Gear
Snap Ring

44—
Thrust
Washer
45— Output Shaft
Gear

46— Output Shaft Sliding
Gear

47—
Pilot
Bushing
48— Output Shaft
49— Cone and Rollers 50— Output Shaft Bearing Cup
51—
Speedometer
Drive
Gear
(6-T)
52—
Needle
Bearing 53—
Bearing
Spacer 54—
Intermediate
Shaft 55—
Drain
Plug
56—
Bottom
Cover Gasket
57— Mainshaft Nut
58—
Transfer
Case
Bottom
Cover
59—
Speedometer
Driven
Gear
Sleeve

60—
Speedometer
Driven
Gear
(15-T)
61—
Speedometer
Driven
Gear
Bushing
62—
Backing
Plate
Gasket
63— Bolt
64— Bolt
65— Bolt
66— Bolt
67—
Lockwasher

68— Nut 69— Output Shaft Felt Seal

K

TRANSFER
CASE

FIG.
K-3—UNIVERSAL JOINT FLANGE
PULLER
1—
U-Joint
Flange
Puller
W-172

2—
V-Joint
Flange Holding
Wrench
C-3281

FIG.
K-4—TRANSFER CASE SHIFT LINKAGE
CJ-5A,
CJ-6A

1—Linkage
Adjustment
loosen
the gear and remove the gear. When separat­
ing the two housings, use care that the transmission

main
shaft bearing, which bears in both housings,

remains
in the transmission case.

K-3.
Transfer
Case
Disassembly
•
Refer to Fig. K-1, K-2.

To
remove the gears and bearings from the trans­
fer
case on the bench, the following procedure is
recommended.

a.
Remove output shaft nuts and washers using

Yoke
Holding
Wrench,
C-3281. Remove
rear
out­
put shaft companion flange with brake drum (if
FIG.
K-5—BEARING CONE REMOVING WEDGE

1— Wedge W-139

2—
Cone
and
Roller
so equipped) and front output shaft yoke, using

Tool
W-172.

b.
Remove cover bolts, lockwashers, and
bottom

cover.

c.
Remove the lockplate screw, lockwasher, and

lock
plate.

d.
Use a brass punch to drive out intermediate shaft to the
rear
of the case. Do not
lose
the thrust
washers located at each end of the gear shaft.
e. Remove the intermediate gear, two thrust

washers,
needle
bearings, and spacers,
thru
the
bottom
of the case.
f. Remove the
poppet
plugs, springs, and balls on both sides of front bearing cap. Shift front wheel
shift lever to
engaged
position (shaft forward).
g. Remove the screws, lockwashers, holding the front bearing cap. Remove the cap as an assembly

including
the clutch shaft, bearing, clutch gear,
fork,
and shift rod. Use care not to
lose
the inter­

lock
which floats
between
the shift rods.

h.
Remove the screws, lockwashers holding the

brake
backing plate assembly (if so equipped)
and
rear
output cap with
speedometer
gear as­
sembly. Remove entire unit as an assembly.

i.
Use a rawhide hammer to drive against the front
end of output shaft to drive the
rear
bearing cup

from
the case. Use Tool W-139, as shown in Fig.
K-5,
to
wedge
front bearing
cone
and roller as­
sembly from its seat on the shaft. Place Tool
W-141,
Fig. K-6, on the output shaft
between
the
front bearing and output shaft gear. Use a rawhide

hammer
to drive against the
rear
end of the output shaft to remove front bearing cup from the case.

Loosen
snap ring and slide it forward on the shaft.

Drive
the shaft
thru
the
rear
of the case. As the shaft is removed, gears, snap
ring,
and thrust washer

will
remain in the case and can be removed from 270

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the
bottom.
Remove
rear
bearing
cone
and roller
assembly from the shaft by striking the end of the
shaft lightly against a
wooden
block,
j.
Remove the set screw in sliding gear shift fork.
Remove shift rod.
See the following paragraphs for disassembly of
the front and
rear
bearing caps.

K-4.
Front
Bearing Cap Disassembly
•
Refer to Fig. K-1, K-2.

The
front bearing cap is a separate assembly which

may
be removed for service. Should difficulty be
experienced in this section of the transfer case,

follow
the
sequence
below
for removal and dis­ assembly.

a.
Remove the output shaft yoke as outlined in

Par. K-3.
Remove the
poppet
balls and
move
the
front wheel drive shift rod forward as outlined in

Par.
K-3f.

b.
Remove yoke oil seal with Tool W-251, as shown in Fig.
K-7.
Remove shift rod oil seals with

Tool
W-176, as shown in Fig. K-8.

c.
Remove the front bearing cap assembly as outlined in Par. K-3g.
FIG.
K-9—SHIFT
ROD OIL
SEAL INSTALLER

1—
Driver

2—
Thimble

3— Oil
Seal
d.
Remove the set screw from shifting fork and
shifting rod. The clutch gear and shifting fork can
be removed
together.

e. Remove output clutch shaft assembly by care­

fully
pressing it
thru
the bearing.
f. Remove bearing retainer snap ring and the

bearing.

K-5.
Rear
Cap Disassembly
•
Refer to Fig. K-1, K-2.

The
rear
bearing cap is partially disassembled
during
the dismantling of the transfer case. The
cap is, however, a separate assembly which may be
removed for service. Follow the
sequence
below
for removal and disassembly,
a.
Remove the output shaft
rear
end yoke or
companion
flange
as outlined in
Par. K-3 a.
Separate 271

K

TRANSFER
CASE
the brake drum and companion
flange
by remov­
ing bolts, lockwashers, and nuts.

b.
Remove the oil seal with Tool W-251, as shown

in
Fig. K-7.

c.
Remove
speedometer
driven gear assembly.

d.
Remove the cap screws attaching the cap and
brake
backing plate to the case.
Take
precautions
not to
lose
or damage bearing adjusting shims placed
between
the cap and the transfer case
housing.
e. Separate the
rear
cap and brake backing plate
assembly. See Section P for brake service pro­
cedures.
f. Remove
speedometer
driving gear.

K-6.
Transfer
Case
Reassembly
•
Refer to Fig. K-1, K-2.

Reassembly
of the transfer case is reversal of the

foregoing
procedure of disassembly. The output shaft snap ring may
best
be installed with Tool
FIG.
K-11—OUTPUT
SHAFT
SNAP

RING
INSTALLER
1—
Snap
Ring

2—
Snap
Ring
Installer Tool W-131
FIG.
K-12—OUTPUT
SHAFT
OIL
SEAL
DRIVER

1—
Driver
Tool W-143

2—
Seal
W-131,
output shaft snap ring installing thimble

and
driver,
shown in
Fig.
K-ll.
Use a
piece
of tub­
ing for installing the bearing
cone
and roller as­ semblies on the output shaft to prevent damage
to the assemblies.

Early
production transfer cases were equipped with
a
lVs" [2,86 cm.] diameter intermediate shaft

and
caged
needle
bearings. When installing the intermediate gear in early production transfer cases,

insert
the bearings in the gear, support the front

thrust
washer with Pilot Pin Tool W-192,
Fig.
K-10,
position the gears and
rear
thrust washer, and
insert
the shaft from the
rear
of the case.

Late
production transfer cases were equipped with
a
1
Vi"
[3,18 cm.] diameter intermediate shaft,

and
bearings consisting of individual rollers and
spacers.
A dummy shaft is required to install the
intermediate shaft. The dummy shaft should be slightly smaller in diameter than the intermediate
shaft and a little shorter than the width of the
intermediate gear. To install the intermediate gear,

first
load the bearing rollers and spacers in the gear using the dummy shaft.
Then
supporting the
front thrust washer with the fingers, position the gears and
rear
thrust washer and insert the shaft

from
the
rear
of the case, driving out the dummy
shaft.

Should
it be necessary to replace the
speedometer

driven
pinion bushing installation may be
best

made with bushing installer Tool W-133, shown
in
Fig. K-13. When the
rear
bearing cap assembly
is installed, check the end
movement
of the main-
shaft which determines the adjustment of the
tapered roller bearings. For correct bearing adjust-
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FIG.
K-13—SPEEDOMETER
PINION
BUSHING
DRIVER
1—Tool W-133
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