Clutch assembly and release bearing - ’l’ series

Refit

1. Clean pressure plate and flywheel, dowels and dowel holes.
2. Inspect flywheel for signs of scoring or other damage. Renew if worn or damaged.
3. Smear clutch drive plate splines with molybdenum disulphide grease.
4. Position drive plate to flywheel with ’FLYWHEEL SIDE’ marking towards flywheel.

5. Fit pressure plate to flywheel and fit alignment tool 18G 1575 .
6. Fit 6 Torx bolts securing pressure plate to flywheel finger tight.
7. Working in a diagonal sequence, progressively tighten Torx bolts to 18 Nm.
8. Remove drive plate alignment tool 18G 1575 .
9. Remove 2 bolts securing flywheel locking tool 18G 1571 to engine and remove flywheel locking tool.
10. Clean clutch release fork and release bearing guide sleeve.
11. Smear release fork shaft and bore of release bearing with Molybdenum disulphide grease.
12. Fit release bearing to release fork and slide onto guide sleeve.
13. Operate release lever to ensure that release bearing is correctly located on release fork and slides smoothly on guide sleeve.
14. Fit gearbox assembly. See MANUAL GEARBOX - ’R65’, Repairs.

CLUTCH ASSEMBLY AND RELEASE BEARING - ’L’ SERIES

Service repair no - 33.10.07

Remove

1. Remove gearbox assembly. See MANUAL GEARBOX - ’PG1’, Repairs.

2. Remove release bearing from guide sleeve and release fork.
3. Examine release bearing for signs of wear or damage, renew if necessary.

CAUTION: Bearing is packed with grease, DO NOT wash in solvent.

4. Place a circular piece of flat plate across diaphragm fingers and insert feeler gauges between plate and fingers.

Diaphragm finger clearance limit = 1.0 mm