Clutch Valve or Clutch Valve 2

Clutch Valve or Clutch Valve 2

Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required

• Socket XZN 4 (T10370)

• Drip Tray

• Observe general repair notes, refer to => [ Repair Information ] Repair Information.

• Follow all safety precautions, refer to => [ Safety Precautions and Test Procedures ] Safety Precautions and Test Procedures.

Rear final drive malfunctions.

• Do not confuse the All Wheel Drive (AWD) clutch valve (N445) with the AWD clutch valve 2 (N446) when installing them.

Removing

• Turn off the ignition.

- Place the vehicle on a hoist.

- Slightly lower the rear section of the exhaust system and secure it.

- Remove the wiring harness bracket from the rear final drive => [ Remove the bolts and remove the wiring harness bracket from the rear final drive. ] Hydraulic Control Unit.

• Mark the connectors - 1 through 4 - for the oil pressure/temperature sensor and on the clutch valves.






• Disconnect the connector - 1 and 2 -.

- Disconnect the connector - 3 - from the AWD clutch valve 2 and/or the connector - 4 - from the AWD clutch valve.

- Place the drip tray under the rear final drive.

- Remove the bolts - 1 - of each clutch valves using the (T10370).






- Carefully pry out the clutch valve with a flat blade screwdriver. Pay close attention to the pressure spring - 3 -. The pressure spring can fall out of the opening in the hydraulic control unit - 6 -.

- A - = AWD clutch valve 2 (N446) , brown

- B - = AWD clutch valve (N445) , black

Installing

• The ball - 5 -, the guide - 4 - (the smaller diameter faces the spring) and the spring - 3 - must be installed in the opening inside the housing - 6 - for the clutch valve - 2 -.






- Coat the new O-rings - arrows - with ATF and install the clutch valve.

- Pre-tighten the bolts - 1 - evenly hand-tight. Then tighten them to the tightening specification - 13 - => [ (Item 13) Bolt ] Service and Repair.

Further installation is in the reverse sequence to removal. Note the following when doing this:

• Connector allocation for the oil pressure/temperature sensor and the clutch valves :






• - 1 - = oil pressure/temperature sensor 2 (G640) connector

• - 2 - = oil pressure/temperature sensor (G437) connector

• - 3 - = AWD clutch valve 2 (N446) connector

• - 4 - = AWD clutch valve (N445) connector

- Attach the wiring harness bracket to the rear final drive => [ Hold the bracket on the rear final drive and tighten the bolts to the tightening specification ] Rear Final Drive.

- Fill the ATF in the rear final drive. Refer to => [ ATF in Rear Final Drive 0BF and 0BE, Filling ] ATF In Rear Final Drive 0BF and 0BE, Filling.

- Install the rear section of the exhaust system free of tension.