Yamaha XSR 900 2022 Service Manual page 300

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e. Install the crankshaft journal lower bearings
"1" into the lower crankcase and assemble
the crankcase halves.
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• Align the projections "a" of the crankshaft jour-
nal lower bearings with the notches "b" in the
lower crankcase.
• Do not move the crankshaft until the clearance
measurement has been completed.
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f. Tighten the bolts to specification in the tight-
ening sequence cast on the crankcase.
Refer to "CRANKCASE" on page 5-64.
g. Remove the lower crankcase and the
crankshaft journal lower bearings.
h. Measure the compressed Plastigauge®
width "a" on each crankshaft journal.
If the crankshaft-journal-to-crankshaft-jour-
nal-bearing clearance is out of specifica-
tion, select replacement crankshaft journal
bearings.
a
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1
1
a
b
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4. Select:
• Crankshaft journal bearing (J
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• The numbers "A" stamped into the crankshaft
web and the numbers "B" stamped into the
lower crankcase are used to determine the re-
placement crankshaft journal bearing sizes.
• "J "–"J " refer to the bearings shown in the
1 4
crankshaft and lower crankcase illustration.
For example, if the crankcase "J
shaft web "J " numbers are 7 and 2 respec-
1
tively, then the bearing size for "J
"J " (crankcase) - "J
1 1
- 2 - 1 = 4 (green)
Bearing color code
Code 0
White
Code 1
Blue
Code 2
Black
Code 3
Brown
Code 4
Green
J J
1 2
–J )
1 4
" and crank-
1
" is:
1
" (crankshaft web) -1 = 7
J J
3 4
J J J J
A
1 2 3 4