Installing The Crankshaft - Yamaha 2009 YZF-R1 (Y) Service Manual

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• Align the projections "a" of the balancer shaft
journal lower bearings with the notches "b" in
the lower crankcase.
• Do not move the balancer shaft until the
clearance measurement has been com-
pleted.
f. Tighten the bolts to specification in the
tightening sequence cast on the crankcase.
Refer to "CRANKCASE" on page 5-71.
g. Remove the lower crankcase and the bal-
ancer shaft journal lower bearings.
h. Measure the compressed Plastigauge®
width "a" 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.
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4. Select:
• Balancer shaft journal bearings (J
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• The numbers "A" stamped into the balancer
shaft web and the numbers "B" stamped into
the lower crankcase are used to determine
the replacement balancer shaft journal bear-
ing sizes.
• J –J refer to the bearings shown in the bal-
1 4
ancer shaft illustration.
• If J –J
1
all of the bearings.
For example, if the crankcase J
ancer shaft web J
respectively, then the bearing size for J
J (crankcase) - J
1
6 - 2 - 1 = 3 (brown)
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INSTALLING THE CRANKSHAFT

–J )
1 4
1. Install:
• Crankshaft journal upper bearings
(into the upper crankcase)
• Crankshaft journal lower bearings
(into the lower crankcase)
• Crankshaft
5-90
CRANKSHAFT
are the same, use the same size for
4
numbers are 6 and 2
1
(balancer shaft web) - 1 =
1
Bearing color code
0.White 1.Blue
3.Brown 4.Green
6.Pink
and bal-
1
is:
1
2.Black
5.Yellow