2001 TOYOTA PRIUS Service Repair Manual

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7. REMOVE INPUT SHAFT ASSEMBLY
(a) Remove the input shaft assembly.
(b) Remove the needle roller bearing and 2 bearing races.
8. REMOVE PLANETARY RING GEAR
9. REMOVE RING GEAR FLANGE AND SHIM
10. REMOVE COUNTER DRIVE GEAR AND SHIM
HINT:
Remove the counter drive gear by tapping the case with a plas-
tic hammer.

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11. REMOVE OIL PAN AND GASKET
(a) Remove the drain plug and its gasket.
(b) Remove the 12 bolts.
(c) Remove the oil pan and its gasket.
12. REMOVE MAGNET FROM OIL PAN
13. EXHAUST PARTICLES IN PAN
Remove the magnet and use it to collect any steel chips.
Carefully examine the chips and particles in the oil pan and on
the magnet to indentify what type of wear has occurred in the
transaxle.

Steel (magnetic): bearing, gear and plate wear

Brass (non±magnetic): bushing wear
14. REMOVE OIL STRAINER
(a) Remove the bolt and oil strainer.
(b) Remove the O±ring from the oil strainer.

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15. SET MG2 ASSEMBLY
As illustrated, set the MG2 assembly and wood blocks.
16. REMOVE MOUNTING BRACKET
Remove the 3 bolts and mounting bracket.
17. REMOVE WIRING HARNESS CONNECTOR (MG2
side)
Remove the 2 bolts and the 2 wiring harness connectors.
18. REMOVE 2 WATER JACKET UNIONS (MG2 side)
19. REMOVE PARKING COVER
Remove the 6 bolts and parking cover.

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20. REMOVE DETENT SPRING COVER AND DETENT
SPRING
Remove the bolt, detent spring cover and detent spring.
21. REMOVE MOTOR WATER JACKET COVER
Remove the 6 bolts and motor water jacket cover.
22. REMOVE PARKING SHAFT COVER
(a) Remove the 5 bolts and parking shaft cover.
(b) Using a screwdriver, remove the oil seal from the cover.
23. REMOVE PARKING LOCK SHAFT ASSEMBLY

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24. DISASSEMBLE PARKING LOCK SHAFT ASSEMBLY
(a) Remove the washer.
(b) Using a chisel and a hammer, cut the spacer.
(c) Remove the spacer.
(d) Using a pin punch and a hammer, drive out the pin.
(e) Remove the parking lock lever No. 3 from the parking lock
shaft.
25. REMOVE OIL PUMP
(a) Remove the plug.
(b) Remove the O±ring from the plug.
(c) Remove the 5 bolts and oil pump cover.

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(d) Remove the O±ring.
(e) Remove the oil pump driven rotor and drive rotor.
(f) Remove the oil pump drive shaft.
26. REMOVE DIFFERENTIAL SIDE BEARING OUTER
RACE LH AND SHIM (MG2 side)
Using SST, drive out the differential side bearing outer race and
shim.
SST 09308±00010
27. REMOVE COUNTER DRIVEN GEAR SIDE BEARING
OUTER RACE LH AND SHIM
(a) Using SST, drive out the counter driven gear side bearing
outer race and shim.
SST 09308±00010

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Screw Plug
Filler Plug
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(b) Overturn the MG2 assembly and place a wood block un-
der it stabilize.
NOTICE:
Be careful not to bend the parking lock rod.
28. REMOVE DIFFERERENTIAL OIL SEAL LH (MG2 side)
Using a screwdriver, drive out the oil seal.
29. REMOVE FILLER PLUG AND SCREW PLUG
(MG2 side)
(a) Remove the 2 screw plugs with a hexagon wrench.
(b) Remove the 2 filler plugs and the 2 gaskets.
30. REMOVE BREATHER PLUG
31. PLACE WOOD BLOCK UNDER MG1 ASSEMBLY TO
STABILIZE