Installing Sealing Ring
- Install sealing ring (open side facing the engine).NOTE: Incorrect handling of sealing rings and covers
- Leaks
- Risk of damage to components
→ Use clean tools without burrs.
→ Make sure not to leave any scores or scratches when cleaning.
NOTE: Sealing ring not oiled correctly- Damage to micro-sealing lip
- Leaks
→ Only coat the outer sealing face of the crankshaft sealing ring very lightly with new engine oil.
→ Never oil or grease the micro sealing lip.
→ Never touch the micro sealing lip.
- 1.1. Secure the mounting plate 9517/1 for the fitting tool 9517 to the crankshaft flange and tighten hand-tight using the hexagon socket head bolts supplied → Base plate for fitting crankshaft sealing ring .
- 1.2. Carefully slide crankshaft sealing ring onto the base plate at the correct position.
- 1.3. Secure the mounting bell of the fitting tool 9517 to the base plate. To do this, tighten the center hexagon-head bolt of the mounting bell by hand.
- 1.4. Pull the crankshaft sealing ring onto the crankshaft flange by turning the tightening nut of the mounting bell in a clockwise direction until the mounting bell is completely aligned with the contact surface of the crankcase.
- Loosen the tightening nut and the hexagon-head bolt of the fitting tool, then remove the tool. Screw off ground plate.