Yamaha FJR1300R, Service Manual

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e. Tighten the connecting rod nuts.
Refer to “INSTALLING THE CONNECTING
RODS AND PISTONS”.
f. Remove the connecting rod and big end
bearings.
Refer to “REMOVING THE CONNECTING
RODS AND PISTONS”.
g. Measure the compressed Plastigauge
®
width
e
on the crankshaft pin.
If the crankshaft-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
)
NOTE:
@
• The numbers stamped into the crankshaft
web and the numbers on the connecting rods
are used to determine the replacement big
end bearing sizes.
• “P
1
” ~ “P
4
” refer to the bearings shown in the
crankshaft illustration.
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For example, if the connecting rod “P
1
” and the
crankshaft web “P
1
” numbers are “6” and “1”
respectively, then the bearing size for “P
1
” is:
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Bearing size of P
1
:
“P
1
” (connecting rod) – “P
1
” (crank-
shaft web)
6 – 1 = 5 (yellow)
BEARING COLOR CODE
1 blue
2 black
3 brown
4 green
5 yellow
6 pink
P
1
P
2
P
3
P
4
P
1
P
2
P
3
P
4
CONNECTING RODS AND PISTONS