Vehicle transmission has two coaxial shafts with adjacent ends disposed in opening of housing center support and bearing assembly movable along axis relative to center support to permit shaft to be adjusted relative to other

摘要

The transmission (10) has a housing (12) with a center support (30) with an opening (32), and first (26) and second (28) shafts coaxial along an axis and having adjacent ends (36) disposed within the opening. A bearing assembly (40) for supporting the adjacent ends in the opening, is movable along the axis relative to the center support to permit the second shaft to be adjusted along the axis relative to the first shaft upon assembly. The bearing assembly has a carrier disposed in the opening for sliding along the axis and roller bearings interposed between the carrier and the adjacent ends to reduce friction between the shafts and the carrier when the shafts rotate about the axis. The carrier has a flange with an aperture and a fastener disposed in the aperture and connected to the center support to permit the carrier to move along the axis while preventing the carrier from rotating about the axis. An Independent claim is included for a method of shimming shafts in a transmission during installation.