Removal and Installation

AIR BREATHER HOSE

AWD : Removal and Installation


REMOVAL

1.Remove propeller shaft assembly (front). Refer to "Exploded View" Exploded View.
2.Remove A/T air breather hose.
3.Remove propeller shaft assembly (rear). Refer to "Exploded View" Exploded View.
4.Remove control rod from A/T shift selector assembly. Refer to "Exploded View" Exploded View.
5.Support A/T assembly with a transmission jack.

CAUTION:
Be careful not to allow it to collide against the drain plug and overflow plug when setting the transmission jack.
6.Remove rear engine mounting member with a power tool. Refer to "AWD : Exploded View" Exploded View.
7.Remove bolt fixing A/T assembly to engine assembly with power tool.
8.Remove air breather tube.

INSTALLATION

Note the following, and install in the reverse order of removal.

CAUTION:
- Never bend the air breather hose to prevent damage to the hose.
- Insert A/T air breather hose to A/T air breather tube all the way to the curve of the tube.





- When inserting A/T air breather hose to air breather tube (for A/T) (1). be sure to insert it fully until its end reaches the radius curve end.





- Install A/T air breather hose to air breather tube (for A/T) so that the paint mark is facing upward.
- Securely install the clip to the brackets when installing A/T air breather hose to the bracket.