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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