Installation: Piston And Connecting Rod - Mitsubishi 6M60-TL Service Manual

Installation: Piston and connecting rod

• Check that the piston ring end gaps are in their correct positions.
A: 1st compression ring gap
B: 2nd compression ring gap
C: Oil ring gap
D: Oil ring expander spring gap
" ": Front mark on piston
• Ensure that the size mark ("A", "B") on the piston is the same as
that on the cylinder liner.
• Face the front mark "
gine.
• With and installed around the piston skirt, tighten the
adjusting bolt of
the outside diameter of the piston skirt.
• Remove and
following areas. Then, install
piston.
• Outside surface of piston
• Inside surface of
• Cylinder liner inside surface
• Install the piston and connecting rod, taking care not to damage
the inside surface of the cylinder liner or the crank pin with the
connecting rod.
CAUTION
• Be careful not to scratch or damage head of the piston (a
part of the combustion chamber).
• Make sure that the connecting rod does not hit oil jet.
" of the piston toward the front of the en-
until the inside diameter of
from the piston. Apply engine oil to the
and over the rings of the
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