Assembly Mounts, Adjusting: Procedure

-- Remove the battery tray. Refer to BATTERY, DISCONNECTING AND CONNECTING .

-- Support the engine and transmission in the installation position. Refer to ENGINE, SUPPORTING IN INSTALLATION POSITION .

-- Slightly pretension the engine/transmission assembly with the spindle, do not lift.

-- Remove and replace the bolts -arrows- for the engine mount one after the other (if this was not already done when the engine was installed).

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-- Install the bolts loosely.

-- Remove the nut -3- and free up the ground cable.

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-- Remove the bolts -arrows- for the transmission mount one after the other and replace them (if this was not already done when the engine was installed).

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-- Install the bolts loosely.

-- Slide the engine/transmission assembly with an extractor lever until the following dimensions are set:

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• The distance -a- between the engine support -2- and the engine mount -1- must be 10 mm.
• The casting edge on the engine support must be parallel to the engine mount support arm.
• Dimension -b- = dimension -b-.

-- Tighten the bolts on the engine mount.

-- Make sure that the edges on the support arm -1- and transmission mount -2- are parallel on the transmission side.

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• Dimension -x- = dimension -x-.

-- Tighten the transmission mount bolts.

Install in reverse order of removal.