Service Manual

5-16 ENGINE TOP END
Cylinder, Piston
Piston Removal
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Remove:
Cylinder Head Assembly (see Cylinder Head Assembly
Removal)
Crankcase Cover (see Crankcase Cover Removal in the
Camshaft/Crankshaft chapter)
Camshaft (see Camshaft, Tappet Removal in the
Camshaft/Crankshaft chapter)
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Turn the crankshaft to expose the connecting rod cap
bolts [A].
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Remove the bolts and take off the connecting rod caps
[B].
NOTE
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Note the positions of the connecting rod caps for rein-
stalling the caps.
•
Scrape the carbon depsits from the cylinder head with
a suitable tool before the piston and connecting rod are
pulled out.
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Push the connecting rod end into the cylinder, and pull the
piston and connecting rod out of the cylinder.
CAUTION
Note the location of the arrow match mark [A] on
the piston head in relation to “K” Mark [B] on the
connecting rod.
No.1 cylinder “K” Mark on the connecting rod is
face to face with No.2 cylinder “K” Mark on the con-
necting rod. Keep parts together as a set.
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Remove one of the piston pin snap rings [A] with needle
nose pliers [B].
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Removethepistonbypushingthepistonpin[A]tothe
direction from which the snap ring was removed.
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Remove the piston from the connecting rod.