MAIN BEARINGS
Inspect the bearing inserts for damage or separation.
Clean all oil from the bearing inserts and journals.
Put a piece of plastigauge on each journal, avoiding
the oil holes.
Install
the
main bearings on the correct journals
on the lower crankcase and tighten them evenly
in
2-3
steps in the seQuence shown.
TORQUE VALUES:
6 mm bolt: 10-14 N·m
(1.0-1.4 kg-m.
7-10
ft·lbl
8
mm
bolt: 21-25 N·m
(2.1-2.5 kg-m, 15-18 ft·lb)
10 mm bolt: 43-47 N,m
14.3-4.7 k9"m, 31-34 ft·lb)
NOTE:
Do not rotate the crankshaft during inspec-
tion.
Remove the lower crankcase and measure the com-
pressed plastigauge on each journal.
Oil CLEARANCE SERVICE LIMIT:
0.07
mm
10.003
in)
CRANKSHAFT/PISTON
PLASTIGAUGE
12-9