Transmission

Flywheel

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Essential special tools

Mot. 582-01 Flywheel locking tool (K engines)
Mot. 1677 Flywheel locking tool (F engines)

Tightening torques

flywheel mounting bolts (K engines) 6.5 daN.m
flywheel mounting bolts (F4R engine) 7 daN.m
flywheel mounting bolts (F9Q engine) 9 daN.m

REMOVAL

  • Remove:
  • the gearbox (Chapter Manual Gearbox, Manual Gearbox: Removal - Refitting, page 21A-11),
  • the clutch mechanism (Chapter Clutch, Clutch Mechanism - Clutch Disc, page 20A-3).

K4J or K4M or K9K

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  • Fit tool (Mot. 582-01) (8).
  • Remove:
  • the flywheel bolts,
  • the flywheel,
  • tool (Mot. 582-01) (8).

F4R or F9Q

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  • Fit tool (Mot. 1677) (9).
  • Remove:
  • the flywheel mounting bolts,
  • the flywheel,
  • tool (Mot. 1677) (9).

Note: The flywheel is a dual-mass flywheel type.

INSTALLATION

  • Clean the threads of the flywheel mounting bolts on the crankshaft.
  • Degrease the flywheel bearing face on the crankshaft.
  • Check the condition of the flywheel.

K9K

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WARNING

Do not remove the flywheel drive plate mounting bolts (10).

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  • Refit the spacer (11), observing the fitting direction of the chamfer on the flywheel side.
  • Always replace the mounting bolts with new bolts.
  • Coat the new flywheel bolts with LOCTITE FRENETANCH.
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  • Tighten in the following order and to the following torques:
  • flywheel mounting bolts (K engines) (6.5 daN.m),
  • flywheel mounting bolts (F4R engine) (7 daN.m),
  • flywheel mounting bolts (F9Q engine) (9 daN.m).

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