[DoctorDex]

Here's my tip when doing this:

Run out to the store and buy a substitute input shaft lock bolt (the allen key bolt) to hammer on. I hammered on the OEM one and it bent ever so slightly. It ended up having fabricate a second input shaft lock bolt.

Torque values which may be of interest:

Transaxle case bolts - 18 ft. lbs
Input shaft allen key bolt - 70 ft. lbs (12mm)/ 25 ft lbs (7mm)
Two bolts that hold the cover plate with the springs and balls underneath - 7.5 ft lbs

I used a bit of locktite red on the input shaft allen key bolt and I used RTV around the transxaxle case, around the underside of the cover plate and around the outside portion of the black plastic cap (the allen key bolt is underneath here).

Should I have also used loctite red on the transaxle case bolts? Or does it matter?

Declan