Tightening Specifications

Main bearing cap bolts




a. Apply a light coat of engine oil on the threads and under the heads of the main bearing cap bolts.
b. Install and uniformly tighten the 14 main bearing cap bolts, in several passes, in the sequence shown.
Torque: 45 Nm (450 kgf-cm, 33 ft. lbs.)
If any one of the main bearing cap bolts does not meet the torque specification, replace the main bearing cap bolt.




c. Mark the front of the main bearing cap bolt head with paint.
d. Retighten the main bearing cap bolts 90° in the numerical order shown above.
e. Check that the painted mark is now at a 90° angle to the front.