Dodge Dakota Sport 2001 Service Manual page 1298

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TIMING BELT / CHAIN COVER(S) (Continued)
Fig. 83 Installing Oil Seal
1 - SPECIAL TOOL 6635
2 - TIMING CHAIN COVER
(8) Loosen the 4 bolts tightened in step 4 to allow
realignment of front cover assembly.
(9) Tighten chain case cover bolts to 41 N·m (30 ft.
lbs.) torque. Tighten oil pan bolts to 24 N·m (215 in.
lbs.) torque.
(10) Remove the vibration damper bolt and seal
installation tool.
(11) Install vibration
ENGINE/ENGINE BLOCK/VIBRATION DAMPER -
INSTALLATION).
(12) Install water pump (Refer to 7 - COOLING/
ENGINE/WATER PUMP - INSTALLATION).
(13) Install power steering pump (refer to Steer-
ing).
(14) Install the serpentine belt (Refer to 7 - COOL-
ING/ACCESSORY DRIVE/DRIVE BELTS - INSTAL-
LATION).
damper (Refer to
(15) Install the cooling system fan (Refer to 7 -
COOLING/ENGINE/FAN
CLUTCH - INSTALLATION).
(16) Position the fan shroud and install the bolts.
Tighten the bolts to 11 N·m (95 in. lbs.) torque.
(17) Fill cooling system (Refer to 7 - COOLING -
STANDARD PROCEDURE).
(18) Connect the negative cable to the battery.
TIMING BELT/CHAIN AND
SPROCKETS
REMOVAL
(1) Disconnect battery negative cable.
(2) Remove Timing Chain Cover (Refer to 9 -
ENGINE/VALVE TIMING/TIMING BELT / CHAIN
COVER(S) - REMOVAL).
(3) Re-install the vibration damper bolt finger
tight. Using a suitable socket and breaker bar, rotate
the crankshaft to align timing marks as shown in
(Fig. 84).
(4) Remove camshaft sprocket attaching bolt and
remove timing chain with crankshaft and camshaft
sprockets.
9 -
Fig. 84 Alignment of Timing Marks
1 - TIMING MARKS
ENGINE 5.9L 9 - 269
DRIVE VISCOUS