Install Connecting Rod Caps - Briggs & Stratton Vanguard 05000 Manual

3. Place piston and ring compressor upside
down on bench with projections ([C] Fig.
19) on compressor facing rod.
4. Tighten ring compressor until rings are
fully compressed.
5. Loosen ring compressor slightly so the
compressor can be rotated on the piston
skirt while holding connecting rod.
6. Remove connecting rod cap (E) from
connecting rod ([D] Fig. 19), if installed.
7. Oil cylinder bore and crank pin.
Position piston with notch or casting mark (G)
toward the flywheel side of the engine (Fig. 20).
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Fig. 18
Fig. 19
Fig. 20
8. Set piston and compressor assembly
([A] Fig. 21) on cylinder. Be careful not to
scratch the surface of the bore with the
connecting rod.
9. Push the piston down through the ring
compressor and into the cylinder (B) until
piston is in cylinder bore ([C] Fig. 21).
CAUTION
: Do not use exce ssive force when
installing the piston. You could damage the side
rails of the oil control ring or impact the
crankshaft with the bottom of the connecting rod.
Fig. 21

Install Connecting Rod Caps

1. Position connecting rod cap ([A] Fig. 22)
as shown.
Fig. 22
NOTE
: Install rod cap with match marks ([A] Fig.
23) aligned. Connecting rod cap should snap on
when asse mbled correctly.