Installing The Connecting Rod And Piston - Yamaha 2014 MT-07 Service Manual

l. Measure the compressed Plastigauge®
width on the crankshaft pin. If the crankshaft-
pin-to-big-end-bearing clearance is out of
specification, select replacement big end
bearings.
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2. Select:
• Big end bearings (P
TIP
• The numbers "A" stamped into the crankshaft
web and the numbers "B" on the connecting
rods are used to determine the replacement
big end bearings sizes.
• "P "–"P " refer to the bearings shown in the
1 2
crankshaft illustration.
P1
P1
A
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–P )
1 2
P2
P2
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CONNECTING RODS AND PISTONS
B
For example, if the connecting rod "P
the crankshaft web "P
"2" respectively, then the bearing size for "P
is:
"P " (connecting rod)– "P
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1
3 (brown)
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INSTALLING THE CONNECTING ROD AND
PISTON
The following procedure applies to all of the con-
necting rods and pistons.
1. Install:
• Big end bearings
• Connecting rod cap
(onto the connecting rod)
TIP
• Be sure to reinstall each big end bearing in its
original place.
• Align the projections "a" on the big end bear-
ings with the notches "b" in the connecting rods
and connecting rod caps.
• Make sure that the projection "c" on the con-
necting rod cap faces the same direction as the
"Y" mark "d" on the connecting rod.
5-82
" numbers are "5" and
1
" (crankshaft) = 5 – 2 =
1
Bearing color code
1. Blue 2. Black 3. Brown 4.
Green
" and
1
"
1