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Here are the input shaft nut and washer, installed per Jack Lawrence's recommendation. In addition to the cleaning and anti-seize tips, Jack L. also recommends tightening these nuts to a value at least 50% higher than in the Saab shop manual. In fact, he said, experience has taught modern transaxle technicians do almost everything somewhat differently from what the Saab manual specifies.