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Crankshaft Main Bearing

Colour coding of main bearing and big-end bearing shells
Standard bearing shells are Yellow - Yellow or Red - Blue.
Red shells are thinnest, yellow are 0.005 mm (0.0002 inch) thicker than red, and blue shells are 0.005 mm (0.0002 inch) thicker than yellow ones. Only yellow bearing shells are available as a spare part.

Main Bearing caps M12 20 Nm + 70° (15 ft. lbs. + 70°)
Big-end bearing caps (with nut) M9X1 20 Nm + 70° (15 ft. lbs. + 70°)
Big-end bearing caps (with bolt) M9X1 25 Nm + 100° (18 ft. lbs. + 100°)
Crankshaft pulley M16X1.5 175 Nm (130 ft. lbs.)
Other bolts
M5 5 Nm (4 ft. lbs.)
M6 10 Nm (7 ft. lbs.)
M8 20 Nm (15 ft. lbs.)
M10 40 Nm (30 ft. lbs.)