Chery A15. Manual — part 11

Put the cylinder gasket into the dowel.

Note: The side with indicator of the cylinder

gasket shall be upward.

Install the cylinder head in place with the key slot
of the cam shaft downward vertically.

Note: The cylinder gasket can only be used for

one time, so the removed one shall be
replaced with a new one when removing
the cylinder head.

Put the bolts and the flat gasket of the cylinder
head into the threaded hole to screw them in by
hands.

Tighten the bolts of the cylinder head in four steps
according to the order illustrated in the figure:

a. First step: tighten it at the moment of

20-40N.

b. Second step: tighten it at the moment of

20-40N.

c. Third step: rotate 90 degrees.

d. Fourth step: rotate 90 degrees.

e.

Moment-angular tension indicating
wrench can be used for degree rotation.

A. Location Pin B. Gasket

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FRONT OIL SEAL

CRANKSHAFT PULLEY

Removal

Removal 3 fixing bolts on the starter to take it out.
Fasten the flywheel ring gear with a proper
screwdriver or rod to disenable the crank shaft to
rotate.

Loosen the fixing bolts of the crank pulley and
take out the bolts and washer to pull out the pulley
(use a gear puller, if necessary).

Installation

Clean the pulley and crankshaft journals and wipe
clean the lube in the pulley groove. Install the
pulley on the crank shaft journal, with the key slot
to line up with the whiney key.

Put the washer over the bolts and screw it in by
hands. Fasten the flywheel ring gear to disenable
the crank shaft to rotate. Tighten the bolts for a
moment of 100-115N.m

Pulley

Bolt: M12*35
Tightening torque: 100~115Nm

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CRANKSHAFT GEAR

Removal

Fix the crankshaft to disenable it to rotate and
remove the pulley.

Pull the crankshaft gear out by a wheel puller or
two large-size screw drivers and remove the
whiney key.

Installation

Check whether there are abrasion, pit corrosion or
scrapes on the gear.

Install the whiney key, with a protrusion height of
1.392-1.739mm.

Install the gasket and pay attention to its direction
(with the warped surface forward).

Install the crank shaft gear (with the convex
surface forward), place it on the locating abutment
with a auxiliary pulley and bolts.

FRONT OIL SEAL REPLACEMENT

Front Oil Seal Removal

Cut the oil seal lip using a razor knife.

Remove the oil seal using a screwdriver protected

with a rag.

Front Oil Seal Installation Note

Apply clean engine oil to the oil seal lip.

Push the oil seal slightly in by hand.

Tap the oil seal in evenly using the SST and a
hammer.

FRONT
OIL SEAL

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REAR OIL SEAL

FLY WHEEL REMOVAL AND
INSTALLATION

Removal

Remove 9 fixing bolts. New bolts shall be used
for installation.

Remove the fly wheel to check whether there
are cracks on the friction surface of the clutch
plate and there is abrasion and pit corrosion on
the teeth of the ring gear, etc.

Installation

The clearance of the ring gear and the fly
wheel is 0.48-0.86mm. The ring gear shall be
pressed into the fly wheel after heating.

The gauge holes of the fly wheel and the
locating journal are easy fit at a clearance of
0.012-0.074mm. It

shall be gently pushed into

the journal after alignment. Do not hammer at
the crank shaft.

During the assembly process, align the
installation mark bore and the manufacturing
bore on the crank shaft. Tighten 9 new bolts
applied with a coat of glue in advance at a
moment of 82-92Nm.

REAR OIL SEAL REPLACEMENT

Removal

Remove 4 bolts (as indicated by arrows).

Take the rear oil seal support assembly out.

Take the rear oil seal support gasket.

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