Installing The Crankshaft - Yamaha VMAX 2009 Service Manual

3
d
f
e
f. Oil groove
f. Tighten the bolts to specification in the tight-
ening sequence cast on the crankcase.
Refer to "CRANKCASE" on page 5-73.
g. Remove the lower crankcase and the balanc-
er shaft journal lower bearings.
h. Measure the compressed Plastigauge®
width "g" on each balancer shaft journal.
If the balancer shaft-journal-to-balancer
shaft-journal-bearing clearance is out of
specification, select replacement balancer
shaft journal bearings.
g
L LLL L LLL L L LLL L
3. Select:
• Balancer shaft journal bearings (J
TIP
• The numbers "A" stamped into the lower crank-
case and the numbers "B" stamped into the
balancer shaft web are used to determine the
replacement balancer shaft journal bearing siz-
es.
• J –J refer to the bearings shown in the lower
1 4
crankcase and balancer shaft web illustration.
• If J –J are the same, use the same size for all
1 4
of the bearings.
L LLL L L LLL L L LLL L
–J )
1 4
CRANKSHAFT AND BALANCER
J1
A
B
For example, if the lower crankcase J
balancer shaft web J
respectively, then the bearing size for J
LLL
J (crankcase) - J
1
=
8 - 5 = 3 (brown)
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INSTALLING THE CRANKSHAFT

1. Install:
• Crankshaft journal upper bearings
(into the upper crankcase)
• Crankshaft journal lower bearings
(into the lower crankcase)
5-96
J2 J3
J1 J2 J3 J4
B 8 8 8 7
C 5 5 5 4
J1 J2 J3 J4
5 5 5 5
numbers are 8 and 5
1
(balancer shaft web)
1
Bearing color code
1.Blue 2.Black 3.Brown 4.Green
5.Yellow
J4
and
1
is:
1