Release bearing
- Make
- Rover
- Model
- 600 620 Diesel Repair Manual Supplement
- Year
- 1995–1999
- Section
- Repairs › Release bearing
ClutchRelease bearing
Refit
Release bearing
- Clean all components, ensure gearbox input shaft is clean.
- Smear a new shaft oil seal with engine oil; fit seal in housing.
- Position release bearing to release fork, fit spring.
- Position release fork in housing and insert shaft.
- Align bolt holes in release fork and shaft, fit bolt and tighten to 15 Nm.
Clutch assembly
- Clean all components.
- Clean flywheel.
- Ensure locating dowels are inserted in flywheel.
- Smear clutch plate splines with molybdenum disulphide grease.
- Position clutch plate to flywheel with ’FLYWHEEL SIDE’ marking towards flywheel.
- Position pressure plate to flywheel ensuring it is located on dowels.
- Fit alignment tool 18G 1767, secure tool to gearbox adapter plate using 3 slave bolts.
- Fit pressure plate bolts finger tight.
- Working by diagonal selection, progressively tighten pressure plate bolts to 26 Nm.
- Remove slave bolts and tool 18G 1767.
- Fit gearbox assembly. See MANUAL GEARBOX, Repairs.
Parts & tools for this job For 1995 Rover 600
- PARTClutch kitSearch: Rover 600 1995 clutch kit
- TOOLClutch alignment toolSearch: clutch alignment tool
- FLUIDGear oilSearch: Rover 600 manual gearbox oil
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