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UNITIZED TRANSAXLE
Unitized Transaxle Removal
2000 FE290 Gasoline Vehicle Maintenance and Service Supplement Page 16-7
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AXLE SHAFT INSTALLATION
1. Clean bearing and seal seats in axle tube (75 or 76) (Figure 16-5, Page 16-4).
2. Place a new seal (72) (Figure 16-5, Page 16-4) in axle tube with seal lip facing inside of the axle tube.
Use an axle seal tool (Club Car Part No. 1014162) to press it in until it seats firmly in position
(Figure 16-8, Page 16-6). See following NOTE.
3. Clean the axle shaft and splines and then insert the shaft, splined end first, through the seal and into
the axle tube. Be careful not to damage the seal. Then advance the shaft through the inner bearing and
rotate it to align the shaft splines with the splined bore of the differential side gear. Continue advancing
the shaft until the bearing seats against the axle tube shoulder.
4. Install the retaining ring (70) (Figure 16-5, Page 16-4) in the axle tube. See also Figure 16-3, Page 16-3.
5. Place a 1/4 to 3/8 inch (6-10 mm) diameter rod against the retaining ring and tap lightly at four to five
locations to ensure it is properly seated. See following WARNING.
UNITIZED TRANSAXLE REMOVAL
Read DANGER and WARNING on page 16-1.
1. Disconnect the battery cables, negative (–) first.
2. Close the fuel shut-off valve on fuel tank. See Section 14, Figure 14-21, Page 14-26.
3. Detach all wires, hoses, etc. connecting the powertrain to the vehicle.
3.1. Disconnect the carburetor vent tube from the carburetor (Figure 16-9, Page 16-7).
3.2. Disconnect the air intake hose from the carburetor (Figure 16-10, Page 16-8).
3.3. Disconnect impulse line from fuel pump (Figure 16-11, Page 16-8).
• THE NEW SEAL CAN BE INSTALLED BY TAPPING THE AXLE SEAL TOOL WITH A MALLET.
• BE SURE RETAINING RING IS PROPERLY SEATED IN ITS GROOVE. IF RING IS NOT
PROPERLY INSTALLED, THE AXLE ASSEMBLY WILL SEPARATE FROM THE TRANSAXLE AND
DAMAGE THE AXLE ASSEMBLY AND OTHER COMPONENTS. LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL
COULD RESULT IN SEVERE PERSONAL INJURY OR DEATH.
Figure 16-9 Fuel Vent Tube
NOTE
WARNING
Club Car
Loosen hose clamp,
then pull fuel vent tube
from carburetor.