Porsche 1989 944 S2, Workshop Manual

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944 Engine/Crankcase
10
34. Pull engine forward, push rubber
sleeve out of firewall toward
engine compartment and
carefully
pull wire harness out of
passenger-side footwell.
35. Separate engine from central
tube/central shaft and lower
from car.
Installing
Note the following:
1. Carefully feed wire harness for
DME control unit, 8-pin connector
and multi-pin connector into
passenger-side footwell.
2. Begin by screwing transaxle/bell
housing mounting bolts into
place, but do not tighten.
Note:
Do not tighten mounting bolts fully
until hydraulic motor bearing has
been attached to the front-axle
cross member. Tightening torque of
mounting bolts: 42 Nm (31 ftlb).
3. Install control arms, pressing
sleeve in rubber-metal bearing
down slightly to facilitate
installation.
4. Place a 4mm thick steel washer in
each of the threaded connections
between the right-hand engine
support (viewed in the forward
direction of travel) and the
hydraulic motor bearing.
5. Check that the radiator is
correctly seated on the rubber
mounts.
6. Tighten nuts and bolts to the
specified torques.
Tightening torques:
Stablizer to
aluminium control arm
25 Nm (18 ftlb)
Track rod to
steering knuckle
(locknut)
50 Nm (37 ftlb)
Steering -
universal joint
30 + 5 Nm (22 +
3.6 ftlb)
Control arm to
cross member
65 Nm (48 ftlb)
Cross member
to body
85 Nm (53 ftlb)
Printed in Germany - XIII, 1987 Removing and Installing Engine 10 - 107