Tightening Specifications

Main bearing cap bolts




a. Apply a light coat of engine oil on the threads and under the main bearing cap bolts.
b. Install and uniformly tighten the 20 main bearing cap bolts in several passes, in the sequence shown.
Torque: 27 Nm (275 kgf-cm, 20 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 with paint.
d. Retighten the main bearing cap bolts by 90° in the numerical order shown.
e. Check that the painted mark is now at a 90° angle to the front.