Structural Collar

REMOVAL
1. Raise vehicle on hoist.
2. Remove front engine torque bracket from bending strut and front insulator mount.
3. Remove bolts attaching bending strut to engine and transaxle.
4. Remove bolts attaching collar and strut to engine, oil pan, and transaxle. Remove strut and collar.

Structural Collar And Bending Strut-Removal And Installation:

INSTALLATION
CAUTION: Torque procedure for the structural collar and bending strut must be followed or damage could occur to oil pan, collar' and/or bending strut.

1. Perform the following steps for installing structural collar and bending strut:
- Step 1: Place collar into position between transaxle and oil pan. Install collar to transaxle bolt 1, hand start only.
- Step 2: Install collar to oil pan bolt 4, hand tight only.
- Step 3: Position bending strut in place and hand start only bolt 3 into the upper transaxle hole.
- Step 4: Install bolt 2, through strut and collar, hand start only.
- Step 5: Install bolt 6, strut to cylinder block, hand tight only.
- Step 6: Install the remaining collar to oil pan bolt 5, hand tight only.
- Step 7: Final torque collar to transaxle bolts 1 - 3, to 101 Nm (75 ft. lbs.).
- Step 8: Install bolts 7 and 8, through strut and into cylinder block.
- Step 9: Final torque bolts 4 - 8 to 61 Nm (45 ft. lbs.).
2. Install front torque bracket. Tighten torque bracket to bending strut bolts to 33 Nm (24 ft. lbs.) and front engine mount through bolt to 61 Nm (45 ft. lbs.).
3. Lower vehicle.