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GENERAL DATA

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 Grade C (Blue)

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 Grade 9

57.665 - 57.659 mm (2.2703 - 2.2700 in.)

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 Grade A (Black)

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 Grade B (Yellow)

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 Grade C (Green)

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Cylinder block / bearing ladder bore diameter grades

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 Crankshaft big-end journal grades

Main bearings

Quantity

4

Material / type

Glacier AS15 - oil grooves in upper half shells, plain lower half shells

Clearance in bearings

0.021 - 0.039 mm (0.0008 - 0.0015 in.)

Thrust washers:

 Type / position

Glacier AS15 - thrust washer halves at top and bottom of rear main 
bearing, oil grooves in top and bottom halves

 Thrust washer halves thickness

2.61 - 2.65 mm (0.103 - 0.104 in.)

Main bearing thickness:

 Red

1.930 - 1.927 mm (0.0760 - 0.0759 in.)

 Blue

1.927 - 1.924 mm (0.0759 - 0.0757 in.)

 Green

1.924 - 1.921 mm (0.0757 - 0.0756 in.)

 Yellow

1.921 - 1.918 mm (0.0756 - 0.0755 in.)

 Black

1.918 - 1.915 mm (0.0755 - 0.0754 in.)

Big-end bearings

Material / Type

Glacier AS15 - plain upper and lower half shells with locating tags

Clearance in bearings

0.022 - 0.040 mm (0.0009 - 0.0016 in.)

Big-end bearing thicknesses:

 Red

1.803 - 1.800 mm (0.0710 - 0.0709 in.)

 Blue

1.800 - 1.797 mm (0.0709 - 0.0707 in.)

 Green

1.797 - 1.794 mm (0.0707 - 0.0706 in.)

 Yellow

1.794 - 1.791 mm (0.0706 - 0.0705 in.)

 Black

1.791 - 1.788 mm (0.0705 - 0.0704 in.)

Big-end end-float

0.19 - 0.29 mm (0.007 - 0.011 in.)

Connecting rods

Type

Forged steel H-sections with horizontally split big-ends 

Distance between centres

151.31 - 151.41 mm (5.957 - 5.961 in.)

Gudgeon pins

Type

Semi-floating offset towards thrust side

Fit in connecting rods

Interference

 Diameter - Red coded

17.997 - 18.000 mm (0.7085 - 0.7087 in.)

 Diameter - Green coded

17.994 - 17.997 mm (0.7084 - 0.7085 in.)

 Length

52.3 - 52.6 mm (2.059 - 2.071 in.)

 Clearance in piston

0.011 mm (0.0004 in.)

Pistons

Type

Aluminium alloy, tin plated, thermal expansion with offset gudgeon pin

Piston diameter (at right angle to gudgeon pin and 10 
mm (0.4 in. from bottom of skirt):

 Grade A

79.965 - 79.980 mm (3.1482 - 3.1488 in.)

 Grade B

79.981 - 79.995 mm (3.1489 - 3.1494 in.)

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