Removal
Gearbox Rear Cover Installation Details
5 - Heat shield; 6, 7, 88 - Nuts; 9 - Speedometer shaft; 10 - Exhaust pipe mounting bracket; 11 - Bracket; 19 - Engine support; 50 - Gasket; 56 - Synchronizer clutch; 60 - Exhaust system; 67 - Flange; 71 - Front propeller shaft; 82 - Gearbox rear cover; 85a - Inductive sensor; 89 - Bolt
1. Unscrew the engine support (19).
2. Unscrew the exhaust system mounting bracket (10) and the bracket (11).
3. Unscrew the heat shield (5).
4. Unscrew the front propeller shaft (71).
5. Disconnect the exhaust system (60) from the rear splice point.
6. Unscrew the speedometer shaft (9) or the inductive sensor (85a).
7. Unscrew the nut (88).
8. Remove the flange (87).
9. Disconnect the rear gearbox cover (82).
Disassembly
Disassembling and assembling the rear cover of the gearbox
58 - Shift clutch; 59 - Shift fork; 61 - Lever; 65 - Gaskets; 66 - Bolts; 67 - Shaft; 08 - Sealing ring; 69 - Tension spring; 81 - Needle bearing; 82 - Gearbox rear cover; 86 - Radial oil seal
1. Loosen the bolts (66) and remove the shaft (67).
2. Remove the lever (61), fork (59) and sleeve (58). Remove the sleeve (58), fork (59) from the lever (61) and remove the tension spring (69).

3. Remove the needle bearing (81) from the cover.
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4. Press out the radial oil seal (86).
Assembly and installation

Install the fork (59) onto the coupling (58) so that the milled surface of the fork (59) is located on top (arrow).
Assembly and installation are carried out in the reverse order of removal and disassembly. Install the fork (59) on the coupling (58) so that the milled surface of the fork (59) is located on top.

The tension spring (69) must be installed on the lever sleeve.
When installing, guide the gearshift lever into the 5th and reverse gear fork (arrow). Turn the shift sleeves and push them into the grooves of the synchronizer housing (56).
