Assembling The Piston And Cylinder "2" (Rear) - APRILIA RSV mille 956X Service And Repair Manual

ENGINE
3.7.10 ASSEMBLING THE PISTON AND CYLINDER
"2" (REAR)
Carefully read 0.2.1 (PRECAUTIONS AND GENERAL
INFORMATIONS).
Cover the engine compartment with a cloth.
Insert the two locating dowels (1).
Coat the four M10 stud bolts (2) with LOCTITE
and screw them onto the engine casing.
Driving torque of stud bolts (2): 10 Nm (1.0 Kgm)
Coat the connecting rod small end and the hole of the
gudgeon pin inside the piston with MOLYKOTE
Install the piston (3) on the connecting rod and push the
gudgeon pin (4) in, using a punch suitable for the job.
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CAUTION
Observe the assembly direction indicated by the pre-
viously applied reference mark.
If a new piston is used, the "red" or "green" reference
point (5) on the piston crown must face in the direc-
tion of the exhaust (6), (only for "2" cylinder).
Take special care when matching the cylinder - piston:
– "Red" piston - cylinder "A";
– "Green" piston - cylinder "B".
NOTE
The cylinders size group "A" or "B" is stamped
onto the lower side of the actual cylinder in the timing
chain compartment area.
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M = MOLYKOTE G-N.
3 - 96
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243
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G-N.
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