Yamaha YZF-R1S Service Manual page 311

CONNECTING RODS AND PISTONS
b. Clean the connecting rod bolts.
c. After installing the big end bearing, assemble
d. Tighten the connecting rod bolt while check-
NOTE:
To install the big end bearing, care should be
taken not to install it at an angle and the position
should not be out of alignment.
e. Loosen the connecting rod bolt, remove the
10. Install:
NOTE:
While compressing the piston rings with one
hand, install the connecting rod assembly into
the cylinder with the other hand.
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the connecting rod and connecting rod cap
once using a single unit of the connecting
rod.
ing that the sections shown a and b are
flush with each other by touching the surface.
S Side machined face a
S Thrusting faces (4 places at front and rear)
b
connecting rod and connecting rod cap and
install these parts to the crankshaft with the
big end bearing kept in the current condition.
S piston assemblies 1
(into the cylinder)
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