Flywheel housing gasket (page 3 of 3)

18. Using a suitable drift, remove primary gear oil seal from flywheel housing.

NOTE: The oil seal can be renewed without removing the flywheel housing. Refer to Flywheel housing oil seal. See this section.

Refit

1. Remove all traces of gasket material from mating faces of flywheel housing, engine and gearbox.
2. Clean flywheel housing locating dowels.
3. Fit locating dowels to engine and gearbox.
4. Position flywheel housing on a flat surface and support underside of housing with a block.
5. Clean oil seal aperture in flywheel housing.
6. Lubricate NEW flywheel housing oil seal.

7. Position oil seal to flywheel housing and using tools 18G 134 and 18G 134BC drift oil seal into place.
8. Fit NEW gasket to engine and gearbox.
9. Ensure protective sleeve is fitted to primary gear splines, manoeuvre flywheel housing into position and locate on dowels.
10. Clean Loctite from threads of flywheel housing bolts with a wire brush.
11. Apply Loctite 242 to first 3 threads of each bolt.
12. Fit 8 inner bolts securing flywheel housing to engine and gearbox and tighten to 25 Nm.

NOTE: Ensure 3 bolts with the finer thread are fitted at the top.