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Structural Collar - Manual Transaxle Equipped

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CAUTION: Torque procedure for the structural collar and bending strut must be followed or damage could occur to oil pan, collar, and/or bending strut.
Fig 1: Torque Sequence For Structural Collar
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  1. Perform the following steps for installing structural collar and bending strut. Refer to Fig 1.
  2. Place collar into position between transaxle and oil pan. Install collar to transaxle bolt (1), hand start only  .
  3. Position power steering hose support bracket and install collar to oil pan bolt (2), See Fig 1.hand tight only  .
  4. Position clutch slave cylinder into mounting position and install bolts (3) and (4) hand tight only  .
  5. Position power steering hose support bracket and install the remaining collar to oil pan bolt (5) hand tight only  .
  6. Final torque all bolts in sequence shown in to the following torque values: See Fig 1.
  7. Torque bolt (1) to 101 N.m (75 ft. lbs.)
  8. Torque bolts (2) and (5) to 61 N.m (45 ft. lbs.)
  9. Torque bolts (3) and (4) to 28 N.m (20 ft. lbs.)
  10. Torque bolt
  11. Lower vehicle.