Contents: Dismantling ⇊ Installation ⇊
Dismantling
CR-V Models
1. Disconnect the battery from ground.
2. Remove the air filter with the air duct.
3. Disconnect the clutch hydraulic line and remove the clutch slave cylinder.
4. Disconnect the wires from the starter, disconnect the ground bus from the gearbox and the connector from the speed sensor.
5. Disconnect the connector from the reverse signal switch, remove the wiring clamp.
6. Disconnect the drive cable from the gear shift rod. Please note the position of the plastic washer, which should be between the cable tip and the steel washer.
7. Remove the cable bracket from the clutch housing.
8. Unscrew the 4 upper bolts securing the gearbox to the engine and the lower bolt of the starter.
9. Raise the vehicle and remove the front wheels.
10. Drain the oil from the gearbox.
11. Remove the lower mud deflector of the wheel arch protective panel and the protective strip. The panel is secured with screws and latches, to remove which you must first pry up and remove the piston, then the piston holder. The bar is secured with bolt MB.
12. Disconnect the front exhaust pipe by disconnecting the connector from the oxygen sensor and unscrewing the nuts securing the pipe to the bracket, to the manifold and to the neutralizer.
13. On all-wheel drive models, disconnect the propeller shaft from the transfer case, marking the orientation of the flanges and unscrewing the 4 bolts.
14. Remove the cotter pins and unscrew the nuts of the ball joints, press the ball joints out of the suspension arms.
15. On the right strut, unscrew the tie bolt and the nut of the second bolt and remove the strut fork from the lower suspension arm. Replace the axle shaft spring retaining ring during assembly.
16. Disconnect the right axle shaft from the gearbox, pry it off with a crowbar, and disconnect the left axle shaft from the intermediate shaft.
17. Loosen the bolts and remove the intermediate axle shaft.
18. Replace the intermediate shaft spring ring.
19. Remove the rear stiffener.
20. Loosen the bolts and remove the lower clutch housing cover.
21. Raise the engine and remove the right front engine mount bracket.
22. Place a jack dolly under the gearbox and remove the bracket and gearbox support.
23. Unscrew the rear engine support bolts and the lower gearbox mounting bolts.
24. Remove the gearbox by pushing it away from the engine and lowering it.
25. Remove the starter, release bearing, clutch release fork and boot.
Installation
26. Install the pins on the clutch housing.
27. Lubricate the splines of the gearbox input shaft, the rubbing surfaces of the release bearing and the clutch release fork with super-high-melting grease.
28. Assemble the clutch drive.
29. Install the gearbox in place, tighten the lower gearbox mounting bolts and new rear support bracket bolts. Tighten the gearbox bolts to 64 Nm, and the bracket bolts to 47 Nm.
30. Raise the gearbox and install the gearbox support. First tighten the support nuts (64 Nm), then the through bolt (74 Nm).
31. Tighten the upper gearbox mounting bolts and the starter bolt. Tighten the gearbox bolts to 54 Nm, and the starter bolt to 44 Nm.
32. Install the right front support bracket, tighten the 3 bolts on the engine to 64 Nm and the 2 body mounting bolts to 44 Nm.
33. Install the clutch housing cover and stiffener.
34. Pour about 1 liter of oil into the gearbox through the opening for the intermediate shaft. Install the intermediate axle shaft.
35. Remove the jacks from under the engine and gearbox.
36. Then assembly is carried out in reverse order. Tighten all connections to the torques specified in the technical data at the end of the Chapter. Replace the front exhaust pipe nuts, as well as all gaskets and seals of the disassembled connections, replace the cotter pins of the ball joint nuts. Tighten the lower fork strut clamp bolt to 43 Nm, and the through bolt to 64 Nm. Add oil to the gearbox.
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