Drive Head And Decoupling Spring, Removing And Installing: Removing

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Fig 1: Identifying Coolant Pipes And Bolts

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Supercharger is secured to the Engine and Transmission Holder VAS6095, refer to SUPERCHARGER, SECURING TO ENGINE/TRANSMISSION HOLDER FOR REPAIR WORK .

-- Remove the coolant pipes from the compressor, refer to COMPRESSOR COOLANT PIPES, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .

-- Hold the supercharger perpendicular on the engine/transmission holder.

The drive head faces up.

-- Remove the bolts -arrows-.

Fig 2: Identifying Bolts -Arrows-

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Fig 3: Identifying Removal Of Drive Unit From Bearing Cap

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CAUTION:

To prevent the bearing cap -1- from coming and loose and having to be sealed again, do not use a hammer to remove the drive head -2- but rather use expanding pliers in direction of -arrows-, as shown.

-- Carefully remove the drive head from the bearing cap.

-- Remove the decoupling spring.

-- Extract all the oil for the compressor drive from the bearing cover as well as from the oil pockets -arrows- between the ribs using the Used Oil Collection and Extraction Unit SMN372500.

Fig 4: Identifying Oil Pockets -Arrows-

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