Cover, Structural Dust: Installation
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CAUTION:
The structural dust cover must be installed as described in the following steps. Failure to do so may cause severe damage to the cover.
- Position the structural dust cover in the vehicle
- Install all four bolts retaining the structural dust cover to the engine (3) hand tight.
- Install the four cover to transmission bolts (1, 2 & 4) hand tight.CAUTION:
The structural dust cover must be held tightly against both the engine and the transmission bell housing during the tightening sequence. Failure to do so may cause severe damage to the cover.
- Tighten the structural dust cover-to-transmission bolts (1, 2 & 4) to 9 N.m (80 in. lbs.).
- Tighten the structural dust cover-to-engine block bolts (3) to 9 N.m (80 in. lbs.).
- Retighten the structural dust cover-to-transmission bolts to 54 N.m (40 ft. lbs.).
- Retighten the structural dust cover-to-engine block bolts to 54 N.m (40 ft. lbs.).
- Lower the transmission onto the crossmember and remove the jack.
- Install the transmission mount to crossmember retaining nuts (1) and tighten to 54 N.m (40 ft. lbs.).
- Position the steering rack to the frame, install the bolts (1) and tighten bolts/nuts to 258 N.m (190 ft. lbs.).
- Lower the vehicle.