Clutch Installation

CLUTCH INSTALLATION

^ TOOLS REQUIRED
- J 43482 Clutch Alignment Arbor

1. Install and hand start new flywheel-to-crankshaft bolts.
2. Torque the flywheel bolts in a crisscross pattern.
Torque: Flywheel-to-Crankshaft Bolts: 53 Nm (39 ft. lbs.) +25°





IMPORTANT: Ensure that straps on pressure plate fit into slots on flywheel (flexplate).

3. Install clutch disc and pressure plate assembly to flywheel and loosely install pressure plate bolts.





4. Install Clutch Alignment Arbor J43482 in clutch disc and push in until it bottoms out in crankshaft.





NOTICE: When tightening pressure plate assembly bolts, do not tighten any one bolt more than half a turn at a time or the pressure plate assembly may warp.

5. Tighten pressure plate bolts using a progressive crisscross pattern to prevent warping of pressure plate assembly.
Torque: Pressure Plate-to-Flywheel Bolts: 15 Nm (11 ft. lbs.)

NOTICE: Excessive amounts of lubricant on the input shaft splines can contaminate the clutch disc and cause clutch shudder.

6. Lightly lube input shaft splines with clutch spline lubricant (P/N 21005995) or equivalent.
7. Install transaxle.
8. Bleed clutch hydraulic system.