Yamaha WaveRunner - Page 215

5-106
E
POWR
CRANKSHAFT
• Tighten the bolts to specification in the
tightening sequence cast on the crank-
case.
Refer to “Crankcase assembly”—
“CRANKCASE”.
• Remove the lower crankcase and the
crankshaft journal lower bearings.
• Measure the compressed Plastigauge
width
c
on each crankshaft journal.
If the crankshaft-journal-to-crankshaft-
journal-bearing clearance is out of speci-
fication, select replacement crankshaft
journal bearings.
c
4. Select:
• Crankshaft journal bearings (J
1
–J
5
)
NOTE:
• The numbers stamped into the crankshaft
web and the numbers stamped into the lower
crankcase are used to determine the
replacement crankshaft journal bearing
sizes.
•“J
1
–J
5
” refer to the bearings shown in the
crankshaft illustration.
• If “J
1
–J
5
” are the same, use the same size
for all of the bearings.
For example, if the crankcase “J
1
” and crank-
shaft web “J
1
” numbers are “5” and “2” respec-
tively, then the bearing size for “J
1
” is:
Bearing size of J
1
:
“J
1
” (crankcase) – “J
1
” (crankshaft web)
5 – 2 = 3 (blue)
BEARING COLOR CODE
1brown
2 black
3blue
4 green
5 yellow
J5J4J3J2J1
J1
J2
J3
J4
J5
J5
J4
J3
J2
J1