Input Shaft Cover, Removing And Installing: Installing

Fig 1: Place Input Shaft Cover On Input Shaft And Press On By Hand As Far As Possible

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-- Replace the input shaft ball bearing. Refer to INPUT SHAFT BALL BEARING, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .

-- Place input shaft cover on input shaft and press on by hand as far as possible.

-- Place the input shaft -B- on the Press Plate VW401.

Fig 2: Pressing Input Shaft Cover -A-

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-- With hydraulic press, press input shaft cover -A- with Press Piece - 37mm VW416 B onto input shaft up to stop.

-- When installing, circlip -A- must be replaced with a new circlip of same thickness.

Fig 3: Identifying Circlip (Replace With New Circlip Of Same Thickness)

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• The locking ring must fit inside the bottom of the groove.

-- Check wear on transmission components. Refer to INPUT SHAFT, CHECKING FOR WEAR .

-- Replace O-ring on oil pipe -2-.

Fig 4: Identifying O-Ring, Oil Pipe & Rotor Blades

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• The oil pipe is pressed into the input shaft with the O-ring -2-.
• Oil pipe must engage noticeably, rotor blades -arrow A- on oil pipe must lie completely in input shaft.

-- Press oil pipe -arrow- down into input shaft to stop.

Fig 5: Checking Installed Dimension For Oil Pipe

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• The distance from the end of the oil pipe up to the input shaft is approximately 11.5 mm -a- when the oil pipe is inserted all the way.