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TRANSMISSIONANDCLUTCH

ManualTransmissions

Manualtransmissionsaredesignedso

thattheinternalpartsoperateinabath

ofoilcirculatedbythemotionofgears

andshafts.

ServiceIntervals

Forrecommendedtypesandbrands

ofalllubricants,seethetransmission

manufacturer'sServiceManual

AMBIENTTEMPERATURERANGE

MODELRECOMMENDEDLUBRICANT(SeeNote)

DEG.CDEG.F

VISCOSITY

(SAE)

HDengineoil:APICEorCF-4.

Above-12Above+1050

Eaton-Fuller

Syntheticoil:ChevronRPM

SyntheticTransmissionFluid,orequal,meeting

MIL-L-2104DandEatonPS-081specications.

Above-40Above-4050

NOTE

Donotusemulti-viscosityorEP(extremepressure)gearoil(e.g.,axleoils)intransmissions.Multi-viscosityorEPoils

maydamagecomponents.

StandardTransmissionOilLevel

NOTE

Thevehiclemustbeparkedonlevel

ground.

Maintaintheoillevelandcheckit

regularly.Oilshouldbeuptobottom

ofllerplughole.

ClutchSystemIntroduction

Freepedalisthedistancetheclutch

pedalmovesbyapplyingonlyslight

pressure.Duringfreepedalthe

releaseyokeinthetransmission

movesuntilitsbearingpadscontact

thereleasebearing.Thismovementof

thereleaseyokeiscalledfreetravel.

Thus,freepedalandfreetravelare

directlyrelatedtoeachother.

Astheclutchpedalisdepressed

further,withharderpressure,the

releaseyokemovestherelease

bearingawayfromtheengine.This

causestheclutchplatetoreleasefrom

thedrivendisksintheclutch.Thisis

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