Drive Axle Heat Shield, Removing And Installing

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FWD:

Fig 1: Locating Drive Axle Heat Shield

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Component	Tightening Specification
Bolts -1-	25 Nm

AWD:

Fig 2: Identifying Heat Shield Nuts

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Component	Tightening Specification
Nuts -arrows-	Pre-tightening: 10 Nm Final tightening specification: 20 Nm