Yamaha FZ6-SS, Service Manual

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5-79
CONNECTING RODS AND PISTONS
ENG
NOTE:
q. Remove the connecting rod and big end
bearings.
Refer to “REMOVING THE CONNECTING
RODS AND PISTONS”.
r. Measure the compressed Plastigauge

width on the crankshaft pin.
If the crankshaft-pin-to-big-end-bearing
clearance is out of specification, select re-
placement big end bearings.
2. Select:
S
big end bearings (P1
X
P4)
S
The numbers
A
stamped into the crankshaft
web and the numbers 1 on the connecting
rods are used to determine the replacement
big end bearing sizes.
S
“P1”
X
“P4” 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” re-
spectively, then the bearing size for “P1” is:
“P
1
” (connecting rod) – “P
1
”
(crankshaft) =
5 – 2 = 3 (brown)
BIG END BEARING COLOR CODE
1 Blue
2 Black
3 Brown
4 Green