Service manual

5-95
E
POWR
CONNECTING RODS AND PISTONS
7. Install:
• Big end bearings
• Connecting rod assembly 1
(into the cylinder and onto the
crankshaft pin)
• Connecting rod cap
(onto the crankshaft pin)
NOTE:
• Align the projections on the big end bearings
with the notches in the connecting rods and
connecting rod caps.
• Be sure to reinstall each big end bearing in
its original place.
• While compressing the piston rings with pis-
ton ring compressor 2, install the connecting
rod assembly into the cylinder with the other
hand.
• Make sure the “Y” marks a on the connect-
ing rods face towards the front side of the
crankshaft.
• Make sure the characters b on both the con-
necting rod and connecting rod cap are
aligned.
8. Align:
• Bolt heads
(with the connecting rod)
Piston ring compressor:
YM-08037/90890-05158