Yamaha Fazer FZ8-SA, Service Manual

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CONNECTING RODS AND PISTONS
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h. Put a mark “1” on the corner of the con-
necting rod bolt “2” and the connecting rod
cap “3”.
i. Tighten the connecting rod bolts further to
reach the specified angle 145
°
–155
°
.
WARNING
EWA13400
If the connecting rod bolt is tightened more
than the specified angle, do not loosen the
bolt and then retighten it. Instead, replace
the connecting rod bolt with a new one and
perform the procedure again.
ECA13950
Do not use a torque wrench to tighten the
connecting rod bolt to the specified angle.
j. After the installation, check that the section
shown “a” is flush with each other by touch-
ing the surface.
k. Remove the connecting rod and big end
bearings.
l. Measure the compressed Plastigauge®
width on the crankshaft pin. If the crank-
shaft-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
1
–P
4
)
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• The numbers “A” stamped into the crank-
shaft web and the numbers “1” on the con-
necting rods are used to determine the
replacement big end bearings sizes.
• “P
1
”–“P
4
” refer to the bearings shown in the
crankshaft illustration.
For example, if the connecting rod “P
1
” and
the crankshaft web “P
1
” numbers are “5”
and “2” respectively, then the bearing size
for “P
1
” is:
Connecting rod bolt (final)
Specified angle 145
°
–155
°
“P
1
” (connecting rod) - “P
1
” (crankshaft) = 5 -
2 = 3 (brown)
Bearing color code
1: Blue 2: Black 3: Brown 4:
Green