SUBFRAME Mount, Adjusting: Notes

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-- Support the engine with the transmission but do not lift it. Refer to ENGINE, SUPPORTING IN INSTALLATION POSITION .

-- Replace the subframe mount bolts -1, 3, and 5- one after the other as long as this was not already done when installing the engine and hand tighten.

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-- Replace the subframe mount bolts -2- one after the other (if the was not already performed with the engine was installed) and hand tighten.

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-- Install the left and right support arm bolts just enough so that the mount can still be moved.

There must be a distance -a- of 10 mm between the engine support and right longitudinal member.
The casting edge on the engine support must be parallel to the engine mount support arm.
Dimension -b- = Dimension -b-.

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

Dimension -x- is the same size on both sides of the mount.

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-- Tighten the subframe mount bolts.

Installation is performed in reverse order of the removal.