Input bearing renewal

You do not have to take the whole thing apart. Take the bearing retainer off. Then you will see a small snap ring on the input shaft that fits up against the inner race of the bearing. You will also see a big snap ring that fits around a outer race. This keeps the bearing from going too far into the case. Remove this snap ring, then you can fit a bearing seperater in that groove and using a puller, remove the bearing from the input shaft. I had to do this but it's been about 2 years ago, I think that's about it.