Bearing Question

[RWT]

I have an '88 6x6 with outer drive bearing gone on drive shaft from tranny. It has inner and outer bearings connecting idler chains.
Can I take the side bolts out of the mounting bracket and pry up the steel plate that tranny is mounted to enough to get my hand in to loosen off inner bearing and slide over to change outer bearing? Any advise from anyone?

[Amphiman1]

trans.

What kind of aatv?and trans?

[RWT]

1988 argo 6x6

[Roger S]

If you mean the shaft between the trans and the axles.. on later models.. havn't worked on your year model.. remove all the bearing flange bolts, inner and outer. On mine, the outer bearing only has a set screw to locate it on the shaft. Loosening it will let it slide inward on the shaft. Gives you room to get the shaft and inner bearing out of it's hole, and then lift out shaft assy.

[whntr]

Bearing Question

If it is the same as my 1984, you need to get in below the plate to get at the nuts on the backside of the jack shaft. In order to get in below the plate, you need to remove the 3 bolts that hold the plate from moving and it is these bolts that are used to tighten the chains that run to the shafts from the tranny. You then can pry this plate up enough to get in to the nuts. On mine there are 2 locate one on each side back (towards rear of argo) of the tranny. There is another closer to the engine. In fact this whole plate slides, motor included and allows for tightening the chains .
I have done this recently and was not all that bad, however I did remove the brakes to allow better access.

For what its worth.