Dodge RAM 1500 1998 Owner's Manual page 1523

9 - 300 ENGINE 5.9L DIESEL
GEAR HOUSING (Continued)
(24) Remove the gear housing fasteners.
NOTE: Use care when removing the gear housing,
to avoid damage to the oil pan gasket, as the gas-
ket will be reused if it is not damaged.
(25) Slide a feeler gauge between the gear housing
and oil pan gasket, to break the gasket seal.
(26) Remove the gear housing and gasket.
(27) Clean the gasket material from the cylinder
block and gear housing.
INSTALLATION
(1) Inspect oil pan gasket. If torn, gasket must be
replaced.
(2) Install a new gear housing gasket onto cylinder
block and trim any excesss gasket material flush to
oil pan rail.
(3) Install the gear housing. Torque bolts to 24
N·m (18 ft. lbs.) (Fig. 121).
Fig. 121 GEAR HOUSING CAPSCREW TORQUE
SEQUENCE
(4) If a new housing is installed, the camshaft
position sensor, and engine speed sensor must be
transferred to the new housing.
(5) Connect the camshaft position sensor connec-
tor.
(6) Install and connect engine speed sensor.
(7) Install the injection pump (Refer to 14 - FUEL
SYSTEM/FUEL DELIVERY/FUEL
PUMP - INSTALLATION).
(8) Install the camshaft (Refer to 9 - ENGINE/EN-
GINE BLOCK/CAMSHAFT
INJECTION
& BEARINGS (IN
BLOCK) - INSTALLATION). Align the crankshaft
and camshaft gear marks as shown in (Fig. 122).
Fig. 122 Timing Mark Alignment
(9) Install a new front crankshaft seal into the
gear cover.
(10) Apply a bead of Mopar
Adhesive Sealant or equivalent to the gear housing
cover. Be sure to surround all through holes.
(11) Using the seal pilot to align the cover, install
the cover to the housing and install the bolts.
Tighten the bolts to 24 N·m (18 ft. lbs.) torque.
(12) Remove the seal pilot. Install front seal dust
shield.
(13) Raise the vehicle.
(14) Trim any excess gear housing gasket to make
it flush with the oil pan rail.
(15) Install the crankshaft damper and speed indi-
cator ring (Refer to 9 - ENGINE/ENGINE BLOCK/
VIBRATION DAMPER - INSTALLATION). Torque
bolts to 40 Nm (30 ft. lbs.), plus an additional 60°.
(16) Lower vehicle.
(17) Install the fan support/hub assembly and
tighten bolts to 32 N·m (24 ft. lbs.) torque.
(18) Install the power steering pump.
(19) Install the accessory drive belt tensioner.
Torque bolt to 43 N·m (32 ft. lbs.) torque.
(20) Install the accessory drive belt (Refer to 7 -
COOLING/ACCESSORY DRIVE/DRIVE BELTS -
INSTALLATION).
(21) Install the upper cooling fan and shroud
together (Refer to 7 - COOLING/ENGINE/RADIA-
TOR FAN - INSTALLATION).
(22) Install lower shroud and connect fan drive
harness connector.
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