Yamaha FZ6-ST Supplementary Service Manual page 334

CONNECTING RODS AND PISTONS
4. Offset:
5. Lubricate:
6. Install:
NOTE:
S Align the projections on the big end bearings
S Be sure to reinstall each big end bearing in its
S While compressing the piston rings with one
S Make sure that the "Y" marks a on the con-
S Make sure that the characters b on both the
7. Align:
8. Tighten:
a. Replace the connecting rod bolts and nuts
Tighten the connecting rod nuts using the
plastic-region tightening angle method.
Always install new bolts and nuts.
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S piston ring end gaps
a Top ring
b Lower oil ring rail
c Upper oil ring rail
d 2nd ring
e Oil ring expander
S crankshaft pins
S big end bearings
S connecting rod big end inner surface
(with the recommended lubricant)
Recommended lubricant
Engine oil
S big end bearings
S connecting rod assembly
(into the cylinder and onto the crankshaft pin)
S connecting rod cap
(onto the connecting rod)
with the notches in the connecting rods and
connecting rod caps.
original place.
hand, install the connecting rod assembly into
the cylinder with the other hand.
necting rods face towards the left side of the
crankshaft.
connecting rod and connecting rod cap are
aligned.
S bolt heads
(with the connecting rod caps)
S connecting rod nuts
15 Nm (1.5 mSkg, 11 ftSlb) + 150_
with new ones.
CAUTION:
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