Torque Specifications

INSTALL CONNECTING ROD CAP
Place the connecting rod cap on the connecting rod.
1) Match the numbered connecting rod cap with the connecting rod.
2) Align the pin dowels of the connecting rod cap with the pins of the connecting rod, and install the connecting rod.

NOTICE: Clean the backside of the bearing and the bearing surface of the bearing cap and do not let the oils and fats stick.





3) Check that the protrusion of the connecting rod cap faces in the correct direction.
4) Install the connecting rod cap bolts.

HINT:
- The connecting rod cap bolts are tightened in 2 progressive steps (steps (3) and (4)).
- If any of the connecting rod cap bolts is broken or deformed, replace it.





5) Apply a light coat of engine oil on the threads an under the heads of the connecting rod cap bolts.
6) Install and alternately tighten the 2 connecting rod cap bolts in several passes.
Torque: 24.5 Nm (250 kgf-cm, 18 ft. lbs.)
If any of the connecting rod cap bolts does not meet the torque specification, replace the connecting rod cap bolts.
7) Mark the front of the connecting cap bolts with paint.





8) Retighten the cap bolts by 90° as shown in the illustration.
9) Check that the painted mark is now at a 90°angle to the front.
10 Check that the crankshaft turns smoothly.