Punto 1581

Punto 1581

Position the vehicle on a lift, then:

• disconnect the negative battery lead;
• remove the right front wheel;
• remove the right wheel arch liner.

1. Loosen the tension for the alternator drive belt by acting on the tensioning device, remove the belt from the alternator and leave it fitted on the damper flywheel.
2. Remove the shield on the bell housing and place flywheel lock 1860680000 in position.
3. Undo the nut fixing the damper flywheel, then remove the actual damper flywheel and the alternator drive belt. Undo the lower bolts and the two upper bolts fixing the protective cover for the timing drive belt and remove it.
4. Remove the flywheel lock, then rotate the crankshaft so that the reference mark for the timing driven gear is aligned with the reference on the rear timing shield.
   In this position, check the alignment of the reference on the crankshaft drive gear with the reference on the crankshaft front cover (vertical position). Under these circumstances cylinder n° 1 is at T.D.C.