Connecting Rod - Robin America EH12-2, EH17-2, EH25-2 Service Manual

( 2 ) Install the piston and connecting rod assembly
into the cylinder.
Use a piston ring compressor to hold the piston
rings.
Place
"MAG"
side of the connecting rod on the
magneto side of the crankcase.
[NOTES]
(1)
Apply enough oil to piston rings, connecting
rod bearings and cylinder bore before
assembly.
(2)
Set gaps of the piston rings 90 degrees
apart
from each other before assembly.
PISTON RING COMPRESSOR
CONNECTING ROD
CRANKCASE (FLYWHEEL
SIDE)
Fig.
5-3 1
SECOND RING
. / = <
0
RING
Fig.
5-32
54-4
CONNECTING ROD
(1) Turn crankshaft
to bottom dead center, lightly tap
top of the piston until large end of the rod meet
crankpin.
(2) Install the connecting rod cap to the connecting
rod matching alignment marks.
Torque
connecting
rod bolts
to specification.
M 6
X
34
mm
flange bolt 2pcs. (EH12-2)
M7
X
37
mm
flange bolt
- 0 . .
2pcs. (EH17-2)
M8
X
46 mm flange bolt
2pcs. (EH25-2)
CONNECTING
ROD
BOLT TIGHTENING TORQUE
I
EH 1 2-2 EH 17-2 EH25-2
1
17-1 9.5 Nom
22-27 N*m
(3)
Check for free movement of connecting rod
by turning crankshaft slowly.
ALIGNMENT MARK
Fig. 5-33
-
34
-