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Crankshaft Main Bearing

MAIN BEARING TORQUE





Step 1:
Install and uniformly tighten the 10 main bearing cap bolts in several steps in the sequence shown in the illustration.
Torque: 20 Nm (204 kgf-cm, 15 ft-lbf)

Step 2:
Tighten the bearing cap bolts in several steps in the sequence shown in the illustration.
Torque: 40 Nm (408 kgf-cm, 30 ft-lbf)





Step 3:
Mark the front of the bearing cap bolts with paint.
Further tighten the bearing cap bolts by 90° in the sequence shown in the previous illustration.
Check that the paint mark is now at a 90° angle to the front.

MAIN BEARING





Standard oil clearance: 0.017 to 0.040 mm (0.0007 to 0.0016 in.)
Maximum oil clearance: 0.060 mm (0.0024 in.)

Standard bearing center wall thickness: