Warning. To prevent damage to the gearbox mounting mounts, the connections at the points marked «*» in figures 12.16 and 12.18 should be pre-tightened, and the final tightening should be done after the engine is lowered onto the supports.
Pic. 12.16. F5MR1 gearbox mounting elements: 1 - reversing light switch connector; 2 - starter; 3 - clutch slave cylinder; 4 - upper bolts for fastening the gearbox to the cylinder block, 50 Nm; 5 - gearbox support bracket; 6 - gearbox support stopper; 7 - lower gearbox mounting bracket
Pic. 12.18. Fastening elements for F5MR1 gearboxes:1 - brake hose retainer; 2 - wheel speed sensor connector (vehicles with ABS); 3 - ball joint of the tie rod end; 4 - ball joint of the lower arm; 5 - anti-roll bar; 6 - central beam assembly; 7 - left drive shaft; 6 - spring pin; 9 - right drive shaft; 10-gearbox support; 11 - front cover of the clutch housing; 12 - lower gearbox mounting bolts, 50 Nm; 13 - gearbox; A - the place of lubrication; B - place for applying sealant MITSUBISHI GENUINE PART MD970369
Removing
- Disconnect the wire from the negative battery terminal.
- Drain the gear oil from the gearbox.
- Remove the bottom protective cover.
- Remove the air filter assembly.
- Remove the battery and its support.
- Remove the fuel vapor canister.
- Remove drafts of switching and a choice of transfers in gathering.
- Disconnect the electrical connector from the reversing light switch (pic. 12.16).
- Unscrew the bolts and remove the starter and, without disconnecting the wires from it, fix it in a place where it will not interfere with the removal of the gearbox.
- Remove the clutch slave cylinder and, without disconnecting the hose from it, fix it in a place where it will not interfere with the removal of the gearbox.
- Turn out the top bolts of fastening of a transmission to the block of cylinders.
- Using a hydraulic jack, carefully lift the gearbox, then unscrew the nut and remove the bolt; remove the gearbox support stopper and disconnect the gearbox support bracket L.
- To support the engine, install a special tool on the car (motor hoist with manual hoist and traverse) (pic. 12.17).
Pic. 12.17. Using a traverse to lift the engine from the engine compartment
- Turn away bolts of fastening of the bottom bracket of a support of a transmission.
- Raise the car on a lift.
- Remove the retainer securing the brake hose to the front suspension strut (pic. 12.16).
- On a vehicle with ABS, disconnect the connector from the wheel speed sensor.
- Remove the cotter pin and loosen the nut securing the ball joint pin of the tie rod end to the steering knuckle.
Warnings. Do not loosen the nut securing the ball joint pin of the tie rod end to the steering knuckle. To prevent damage to the threads on the ball joint pin, use the special tool MB991113 or MB990635.
- To prevent falling of the special tool MB991113 or MB990635, fix it with a cord on the front suspension strut.
- Install the special tool MB991113 or MB990b35 as shown in Figure 12.19, while making sure that the jaws of the tool are parallel. Turn the special tool bolt to push the ball joint pin out of the steering knuckle, then loosen the nut and remove the ball joint pin from the steering knuckle.
Pic. 12.19. Using a special tool to extrude the ball joint pin from the steering knuckle
- Loosen the nut, remove the bolt and lower arm ball joint pin from the steering knuckle.
- Turn away nuts and get bolts fastening of the stabilizer of cross-section stability to the bottom levers. Turn out bolts and remove clips of fastening of the stabilizer bar, then remove the stabilizer from the car.
- Turn away nuts, get bolts and remove the central beam in gathering.
- Disconnect the left drive shaft from the gearbox and, together with the hub and steering knuckle, take it away from the gearbox.
Warning. Do not disconnect the drive shaft from the steering knuckle and hub.
- Knock out the spring pin and disconnect the right drive shaft.
- Using soft wire, secure the removed drive shafts inside the wheel arches so as to prevent the CV joints from being strongly bent.
- Turn out bolts and remove a support of a transmission.
- Remove the bolts and remove the front cover of the clutch housing.
- Turn out the bottom bolts of fastening of a transmission to the block of cylinders.
- Pull the gearbox away from the engine and remove it from the vehicle. When separating the gearbox from the engine, be careful not to damage the gearbox input shaft, clutch release bearing guide bush, and clutch disc.
Installation
- Installation is carried out in the reverse order of removal, taking into account the following.
- After applying multipurpose grease to the spline of the right drive shaft, align the split pin hole on the end of the drive shaft with the split pin hole on the transmission end of the shaft, and then install the drive shaft.
- If the split pin hole is slightly misaligned, turn the right drive shaft 180°and then try to install it again.
Warning. Because the drive shaft has an odd number of splines, the pin hole will be offset by half the diameter if the shaft is rotated 180°.
- Apply MITSUBISHI GENUINE PART MD970389 or similar to the split spring pin and then insert it into the drive shaft.
- After installing the pin, apply MITSUBISHI GENUINE PART MD970389 Sealant to both sides of the pin hole to completely seal them.
- Establish a stopper of a transmission so that the arrow on a flange specifies the direction shown in drawing 12.20.
Pic. 12.20. Installing the gearbox retaining flange
- Install the anti-roll bar and tighten the self-locking nut so that the stabilizer mounting bolt protrudes above the nut as shown in Figure 12.21.
Pic. 12.21. Distance (A) protrusion of the stabilizer mounting bolt: A = 22 mm
- Install the shift rod assembly.
- Install the battery.
- Install adsorber.
- Install the air filter assembly.
- Install the lower protective cover.
- Fill the gearbox with gear oil.
- Check up smoothness and correctness of movement of the lever of a gear change in all positions.
- Check the operation of the speedometer.