Structural Collar: Installation

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CAUTION: Torque procedure for the structural collar must be followed or damage could occur to oil pan and collar.

Perform the following steps for installing structural collar. Refer to Fig 1:

Fig 1: Structural Collar

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1 - BOLT - COLLAR TO OIL PAN

2 - BOLT - COLLAR TO TRANSAXLE

3 - STRUCTURAL COLLAR

4 - OIL PAN

Step 1: Position collar between transaxle and oil pan. Install collar to transaxle bolt, hand start only .
Step 2: Install collar to oil pan bolts, hand snug only.
Step 3: Final torque collar to transaxle bolts to 101 N.m (75 ft. lbs.)
Step 4: Final torque collar to oil pan bolts to 54 N.m (40 ft. lbs.).

Install engine front mount bracket and insulator. (Refer to ENGINE/ENGINE MOUNTING/FRONT MOUNT - INSTALLATION)
Lower vehicle.