Installing The Connecting Rods - Yamaha XT1200Z(Z) 2010 Service Manual

3. Select:
• Front balancer shaft journal bearings (J
TIP
• The numbers "A" stamped into the lower crank-
case and the numbers "B" stamped into the
front balancer shaft web are used to determine
the replacement front balancer shaft journal
bearing sizes.
• J –J refer to the bearings shown in the lower
1 3
crankcase and front balancer shaft web illus-
tration.
• If J –J are the same, use the same size for all
1 3
of the bearings.
J1
A
J1
B
For example, if the lower crankcase J
front balancer shaft web J
and 5 respectively, then the bearing size for
J is:
1
J (crankcase) - J (balancer shaft web)
1 1
=
8 - 5 = 3 (brown)
J2 J3
J2 J3
J1 J2 J3
and
1
numbers are 6
1
CRANKSHAFT AND BALANCER
–J )
1 3
EAS26150

INSTALLING THE CONNECTING RODS

1. Lubricate:
• Bolt threads
• Nut seats
(with the recommended lubricant)
2. Lubricate:
• Crankshaft pins
• Big end bearings
• Connecting rod inner surface
(with the recommended lubricant)
3. Install:
• Big end bearings
• Connecting rods
• Connecting rod caps
(onto the crankshaft pins)
TIP
• Align the projections "a" on the big end bear-
ings with the notches "b" in the connecting rods
and connecting rod caps.
• Be sure to reinstall each big end bearing in its
original place.
• Make sure the "Y" marks "c" on the connecting
rods face towards the left side of the crank-
shaft.
• Make sure the characters "d" on both the con-
necting rod and connecting rod cap are
aligned.
• Make sure that the projection "e" on the con-
necting rod cap faces the same direction as the
"Y" mark "c" on the connecting rod.
5-100
Bearing color code
1.Blue 2.Black 3.Brown 4.Green
Recommended lubricant
Molybdenum disulfide oil
Recommended lubricant
Engine oil