Clutch Disc and Cover: Installation

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Insert the ST into the clutch disc and attach to the flywheel by inserting the ST end into pilot bearing.
NOTE: When installing the clutch disc, be careful to attach in the correct direction.
ST 499747100 CLUTCH DISC GUIDE

Fig 1: Inserting ST Into Clutch Disc
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Install the clutch cover to the flywheel and tighten the bolts to the specified torque.
NOTE:
- When installing a clutch cover to the flywheel, position the clutch cover so that the spacing between the unbalance marks (paint mark) on the flywheel and clutch cover is 120° or more apart. (The unbalance mark indicates the direction of residual unbalance.)
- Note the front and rear of the clutch disc when installing.
- Temporarily tighten the bolts by hand. Each bolt should be tightened to the specified torque in a crisscross order.
Tightening torque:

16 N.m (1.6 kgf-m, 11.8 ft-lb)

Fig 2: Front And Rear Clutch Disc Bolts Tightening Sequence
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Remove the ST (CLUTCH DISC GUIDE).
Install the transmission assembly. < Ref. to INSTALLATION , Manual Transmission Assembly . >