I've removed the two snap rings that are necessary, and that was
sufficient to remove the case housing on another transmission. In this
case, it did not do the trick. As I mentioned, I'm at a loss as to
what the case is hanging up on, and am not sure if anyone out there has
experienced something similar?

RoyJ wrote:
> I think there is a snap ring on the tailshaft forward of the final tail
> housing.
>
> crsmith11@***.net wrote:
>
> > I am trying to disassemble a 2WD AX-15 to rebuild it, but have ran into
> > a problem where I cannot separate the transmission housing from the
> > intermediate plate. When I did this on another tranny, the plate came
> > off just fine after a little prying and some hits from a deadblow
> > hammer. With this one, though, it separates only a few millimeters and
> > then stops hard. The only thing I can think of is maybe the output
> > shaft is somehow out of kilter, and preventing the case from moving?
> > Of course, I am not an expert and the problem is likely something
> > completely different. I wanted to hear if anyone else out there ran
> > into a similar problem? Any info is appreciated, thanks in advance.
> >

 

I've removed the two snap rings that are necessary, and that was
sufficient to remove the case housing on another transmission. In this
case, it did not do the trick. As I mentioned, I'm at a loss as to
what the case is hanging up on, and am not sure if anyone out there has
experienced something similar?

RoyJ wrote:
> I think there is a snap ring on the tailshaft forward of the final tail
> housing.
>
> crsmith11@***.net wrote:
>
> > I am trying to disassemble a 2WD AX-15 to rebuild it, but have ran into
> > a problem where I cannot separate the transmission housing from the
> > intermediate plate. When I did this on another tranny, the plate came
> > off just fine after a little prying and some hits from a deadblow
> > hammer. With this one, though, it separates only a few millimeters and
> > then stops hard. The only thing I can think of is maybe the output
> > shaft is somehow out of kilter, and preventing the case from moving?
> > Of course, I am not an expert and the problem is likely something
> > completely different. I wanted to hear if anyone else out there ran
> > into a similar problem? Any info is appreciated, thanks in advance.
> >

 

I've removed the two snap rings that are necessary, and that was
sufficient to remove the case housing on another transmission. In this
case, it did not do the trick. As I mentioned, I'm at a loss as to
what the case is hanging up on, and am not sure if anyone out there has
experienced something similar?

RoyJ wrote:
> I think there is a snap ring on the tailshaft forward of the final tail
> housing.
>
> crsmith11@***.net wrote:
>
> > I am trying to disassemble a 2WD AX-15 to rebuild it, but have ran into
> > a problem where I cannot separate the transmission housing from the
> > intermediate plate. When I did this on another tranny, the plate came
> > off just fine after a little prying and some hits from a deadblow
> > hammer. With this one, though, it separates only a few millimeters and
> > then stops hard. The only thing I can think of is maybe the output
> > shaft is somehow out of kilter, and preventing the case from moving?
> > Of course, I am not an expert and the problem is likely something
> > completely different. I wanted to hear if anyone else out there ran
> > into a similar problem? Any info is appreciated, thanks in advance.
> >