Installing The Connecting Rod And Piston - Yamaha MTN1000 2016 Service Manual

a
k. Remove the connecting rod and big end
bearings.
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 "1" on the connecting
rods are used to determine the replacement
big end bearings sizes.
• "P
"–"P " refer to the bearings shown in the
1 4
crankshaft illustration.
For example, if the connecting rod "P
the crankshaft web "P
respectively, then the bearing size for "P
"P " (connecting rod) - "P
1
4 (green)
–P )
1 4
" and
1
" numbers are 6 and 2
1
1
" (crankshaft) = 6 - 2 =
1
CONNECTING RODS AND PISTONS
Bearing color code
Code 2
Code 3
Code 4
Code 5
Code 6
P
1
" is:
EAS30751
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)
5-75
Black
Brown
Green
Yellow
Pink
P
3
P
2
P P P
1 2 3
1
P
4
P
4