Fastener Tightening Specifications: Notes
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| Component |
Fastener Size |
Nm |
| Backup Lamp Switch to Transmission Housing |
- |
20 |
| Cable Mounting Bracket to Transmission Bolt/Nut |
- |
20 |
| Flange Shaft Bolt |
- |
33 |
| Fluid Drain/Fill Plug |
| -- with a hex socket head |
- |
30 |
| -- with a multipoint socket head |
- |
45 |
| Gear Shift Unit to Transmission Housing Bolt |
- |
20 |
| Locking Screw to Transmission Housing |
- |
45 |
| Slave Cylinder with Release Bearing to Clutch Housing Bolt |
| -- Slave cylinder with a metal housing (without locking fluid) |
- |
12 |
| -- Slave cylinder with a plastic housing (with locking fluid) |
- |
15 |
| Transmission Housing to Clutch Housing Bolt |
| -- With a internal hex, round head, >>through transmission build date 6 December 2009<< |
M8 |
8 + 180° |
| -- With a internal hex round head, >>through transmission build date 7 December 2009<< |
M9 |
15 + 180° |
| -- With a outer hex head |
- |
15 + 90° |
| Transmission Shift Lever to Gear Shift Unit Nut |
- |
23 |
| Shift Lever and Housing, through 10.06 |
| Selector Bracket to Pivot Pin Bolt |
- |
5 |
| Shift Housing to Body Nut |
| |
M6 |
8 |
| M8 |
25 |
| Shift Lever Guide Cover to Shift Housing Bolt |
- |
5 |
| Shift Lever and Housing, from 11.06 |
| Shift Housing to Body Nut |
| |
M6 |
8 |
| M8 |
25 |