Sunbeam ALPINE I SERIES: APLINE II SERIES, Workshop Manual, Page: 147 / 413

WSM. 124
Section E (Gearbox and Overdrive)
6. Fit the rear bearing and press it right home.
On early cars (Inset B Fig. 3) fit the spacer ( 49),
speedometer gear (48), spacer (35), lockwasher
and nut (36) and (37). On cars fitted with the
later type mainshafts (Insets C and D, Fig. 3),
fit the lockwasher and nut (36 and 37), speedo
gear and circlips (48 and 48A).
7. Ensure that the twenty-seven needle rollers are
in position in the stemwheel and then fit the
front cover and stemwheel assembly with the
drain hole in the six o'clock position.
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8. Invert gearbox and insert layshaft spindle
through rear of casing, ensuring that the thrust
washers at each end are correctly positioned.
9. Fit layshaft and reverse spindle lock plate.
10. Place gearbox upright and fit third and top,
first and second and reverse forks. Fit reverse
distance piece and shaft with long end of shaft
to the front. Flt first and second and third and
top shafts.
11. Refit rear cover and check that shafts are free
and that all gears can be selected.
12. Fit top cover, taking care to position it so that
the Internal selector lever moves freely across
the slots in the forks.