PISTON AND CONNECTING ROD
Removal
Remove the cylinder head. (See Page 7D-31.)
Remove the oil pan. (See Page
7D-52
.)
Remove the ridge and carbon deposits at the top of the
cylinder bore with a ridge reamer.
Make sure the piston has identification marks [A).
Rotate the crankshaft until a pair of connecting rods are
at B.D.C. Make sure the connecting rod caps and the rods
have identification marks
[B]
.
Remove the nuts and remove the caps.
NOTE:
If
the bearings are
to
be used again,
they
must be marked
so
they
will be returned
to
their original location.
Use a hammer handle, push the piston and rod assembly
out of the engine block.
After the pair has been removed, rotate the engine
crankshaft and remove the other pair of pistons.
Disassembly
Remove the rings from the pistons [C).
To
remove the piston pin from the connecting rod, a
special tool is needed. (See Page
78-40
for the correct
procedure for Disassembly
And
Assembly.)
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90
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