Honda CRF450R 2006, Owner'S Manual

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Piston/Piston Rings/Piston Pin
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Servicing Your Honda
Piston Installation
1. Place clean shop towels over the crankcase
opening to keep the piston pin clips from
falling into the crankcase.
2. Apply molybdenum disulfide oil (a mixture of
1/2 engine oil and 1/2 molybdenum disulfide
grease (containing more than 3%
molybdenum disulfide additive)) to the
connecting rod small end.
3. Install the piston (1) with the “IN” mark (2)
and/or the large valve recesses (3) facing the
intake side of the engine.
4. Apply flesh engine oil to the piston pin (4).
Install the piston pin and new piston pin clips
(5).
Use new pin clips. Never reuse old clips.
Do not let the clips fall into the crankcase.
Do not align the piston pin clip end gap with the
piston cut-out.
NOTICE
(1) piston (4) piston pin
(2) “IN” mark (5) piston pin clip
(3) large valve recesses (6) cut-out
Cylinder Installation
1. Clean off any gasket material from the gasket
surface of the crankcase, being careful not to
let any material fall into the crankcase.
Be careful not to remove any metal from the
gasket surface.
2. Remove the shop towel. Do not let any gasket
debris fall into the crankcase.
3. Install the cylinder gasket (1), A dowel pins
(2) and B dowel pin (3).
Do not let the dowel pins fall into the crankcase.
NOTICE
(1) cylinder gasket (3) B dowel pin
(2) A dowel pins
4. Clean the any gasket material off the cylinder.
(1)
(3)
(2)
(4)
(5)
(1)
(2)
(5)
(6)
(1)
(3)
(2)