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CLUTCH UNIT — Removal Note / Installation Note

H-16prose procedure

Removal Note

Clutch cover and disc

Removal Note — Clutch cover and disc

  1. 1
    Install the SST.
    Photo of the clutch cover installed on the flywheel with SST 49 SE01 310 (clutch disc centering tool) inserted through the disc, and SST 49 E301 060 (ring-gear brake) engaged on the ring gear teeth to hold the assembly while loosening cover bolts.
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  2. 2
    Loosen each bolt one turn at a time in a crisscross pattern until spring tension is released. Then remove the clutch cover and disc.

Flywheel

Removal Note — Flywheel

  1. 1
    Hold the flywheel with the SST.
    Photo of the flywheel with SST 49 E301 060 engaged on the ring gear to hold the flywheel while removing its bolts.
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  2. 2
    Remove the flywheel.

Pilot bearing

Remove the pilot bearing with the SST, if necessary.

Installation Note

Flywheel

Installation Note — Flywheel

  1. 1
    Wipe the bolts clean, and apply sealant to the bolt threads.
    Flywheel installation diagram showing the bolt-tightening sequence numbered 1—6 in a star pattern; SST 49 E301 060 holding ring gear during tightening.
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  2. 2
    Install the flywheel and SST.
  3. 3
    Tighten the bolts in the pattern shown.
    Tightening torque: 96—103 N·m (9.8—10.5 m-kg, 71—76 ft-lb)
Tightening torque — flywheel bolts
96-103N·m

Pilot bearing

Install the new bearing with a suitable pipe.

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