Porsche 996 TT Repair Manual page 464

6. Oil the bearing surfaces. Insert intermediate shaft and check for true
running.
7. Insert new crankshaft bearing shell halves into the crankcase. Oil the bearing surfaces.
8. Check that the dowel sleeves are present and seated properly.
9. Insert crankshaft (excluding mount 8) into the crankcase half of the cylinder bank 4
− 6.
Note
• If the wear dimension has been attained, replace the intermediate shaft and the paired drive wheel
10. Check the circumferential backlash of the intermediate shaft. To do this, fasten a gauge holder e.g. VW
387 to the crankcase parting surface. The sealing surface must not be damaged during this procedure.
Align the dial guage on a tooth profile and determine play. Subsequently turn the intermediate shaft by
180 ° and repeat the measurement.
Circumferential backlash:
New dimension
Wear dimension
11. Remove intermediate shaft again.
Assembling the crankcase.
einordnung
0.035 − 0.084 mm
0.10 mm
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