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Old Mar 22, 2013 | 09:24 PM
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Crankshaft specs?

Anyone know the specs for crank journal diameter as far as what a stock crank should be and what would be within spec?
Mainly looking for the rod journal specs. Have three rods that the bearings are worn and pretty rough but the rest look almost new still. They didnt appear to have spun in the rod so I'm hoping I can get away with polishing the crank and replacing the rod bearings for now until I can find another engine, or a bigger budget.
Maybe rod spec as well if possible.
 
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Old Mar 23, 2013 | 08:53 AM
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Here is some info for you ( not sure if it is going to appear OK in here since the forum software is unfriendly );(It is for 2000 model)


<table class="MsoNormalTable" style="mso-cellspacing: 0in; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"><td valign="top" style="padding: 2.25pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;" colspan="2">Crankshaft<o></o>

</td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"><td valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: inset inset none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 2.25pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-top-alt: inset windowtext .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: inset windowtext .75pt; mso-border-right-alt: inset windowtext .75pt;">Main bearing journal diameter<o></o>

</td><td valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: inset inset none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 2.25pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-top-alt: inset windowtext .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: inset windowtext .75pt; mso-border-right-alt: inset windowtext .75pt;">
67.482-67.504<o></o>


</td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"><td valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: none inset inset; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 2.25pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-left-alt: inset windowtext .75pt; mso-border-right-alt: inset windowtext .75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: inset windowtext .75pt;"> Maximum out-of-round<o></o>

</td><td valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: none inset inset; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 2.25pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-left-alt: inset windowtext .75pt; mso-border-right-alt: inset windowtext .75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: inset windowtext .75pt;">
0.0075 mm between cross sections<o></o>


</td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"><td valign="top" style="padding: 2.25pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;"> Maximum taper

 (straightness)<o></o>

</td><td valign="top" style="padding: 2.25pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">
0.004 mm<o></o>


</td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;"><td valign="top" style="padding: 2.25pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">Runout: fim of center journals when located on front and rear journal<o></o>

</td><td valign="top" style="padding: 2.25pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">
0.05 mm 3 places<o></o>


</td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;"><td valign="top" style="padding: 2.25pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">Clearance — crankshaft journal to main bearing clearance<o></o>

</td><td valign="top" style="padding: 2.25pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">
0.048-0.024 mm<o></o>


</td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6;"><td valign="top" style="padding: 2.25pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">Connecting rod journal diameter<o></o>

</td><td valign="top" style="padding: 2.25pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">
53.003-52.983 mm<o></o>


</td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 7;"><td valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: inset inset none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 2.25pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-top-alt: inset windowtext .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: inset windowtext .75pt; mso-border-right-alt: inset windowtext .75pt;">Maximum out-of-round<o></o>

</td><td valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: inset inset none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 2.25pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-top-alt: inset windowtext .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: inset windowtext .75pt; mso-border-right-alt: inset windowtext .75pt;">
0.0075 mm between cross sections<o></o>


</td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 8;"><td valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: none inset inset; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 2.25pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-left-alt: inset windowtext .75pt; mso-border-right-alt: inset windowtext .75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: inset windowtext .75pt;"> Maximum taper<o></o>

</td><td valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: none inset inset; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 2.25pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-left-alt: inset windowtext .75pt; mso-border-right-alt: inset windowtext .75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: inset windowtext .75pt;">
0.004 mm<o></o>


</td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 9;"><td valign="top" style="padding: 2.25pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">Crankshaft end play<o></o>

</td><td valign="top" style="padding: 2.25pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">
0.075-0.377<o></o>


</td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 10;"><td valign="top" style="padding: 2.25pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;" colspan="2">Connecting Rod<o></o>

</td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 11;"><td valign="top" style="padding: 2.25pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">Big end journal inside diameter with assembled liners<o></o>

</td><td valign="top" style="padding: 2.25pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">
53.049-53.027 mm<o></o>


</td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 12;"><td valign="top" style="padding: 2.25pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">Rod bearing to journal clearance<o></o>

</td><td valign="top" style="padding: 2.25pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">
0.064-0.026 mm<o></o>


</td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 13;"><td valign="top" style="padding: 2.25pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">Pin bore diameter (rod)<o></o>

</td><td valign="top" style="padding: 2.25pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">
22.024-22.012 mm<o></o>


</td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 14;"><td valign="top" style="padding: 2.25pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;" colspan="2">Balance Shaft System<o></o>

</td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 15;"><td valign="top" style="padding: 2.25pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">Balance shaft journal diameter<o></o>

</td><td valign="top" style="padding: 2.25pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">
26.962 - 26.936 mm<o></o>


</td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 16;"><td valign="top" style="padding: 2.25pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">Clearance — balance shaft journal to cylinder head<o></o>

</td><td valign="top" style="padding: 2.25pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">
0.076 - 0.025 mm<o></o>


</td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 17;"><td valign="top" style="padding: 2.25pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">Cylinder head B/S journal diameter<o></o>

</td><td valign="top" style="padding: 2.25pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">
27.012 - 26.987 mm<o></o>


</td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 18;"><td valign="top" style="padding: 2.25pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">Gear backlash<o></o>

</td><td valign="top" style="padding: 2.25pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">
0.0076 - 0.1295 mm<o></o>


</td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 19;"><td valign="top" style="padding: 2.25pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">Balance shaft endplay<o></o>

</td><td valign="top" style="padding: 2.25pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">
0.04 - 0.18 mm<o></o>


</td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 20;"><td valign="top" style="padding: 2.25pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">Rod length (centerline bore-to-bore)<o></o>

</td><td valign="top" style="padding: 2.25pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">
169.1 mm<o></o>


</td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 21;"><td valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: inset inset none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 2.25pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-top-alt: inset windowtext .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: inset windowtext .75pt; mso-border-right-alt: inset windowtext .75pt;">Alignment<o></o>

</td><td valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: inset inset none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 2.25pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-top-alt: inset windowtext .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: inset windowtext .75pt; mso-border-right-alt: inset windowtext .75pt;">
<o></o>


</td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 22;"><td valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: none inset inset; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 2.25pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-left-alt: inset windowtext .75pt; mso-border-right-alt: inset windowtext .75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: inset windowtext .75pt;"> Bore-to-bore max. Twist<o></o>

</td><td valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: none inset inset; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 2.25pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-left-alt: inset windowtext .75pt; mso-border-right-alt: inset windowtext .75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: inset windowtext .75pt;">
± 0.05 mm<o></o>


</td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 23;"><td valign="top" style="padding: 2.25pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;"> Bore-to-bore max. Bend<o></o>

</td><td valign="top" style="padding: 2.25pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">
± 0.038 mm<o></o>


</td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 24;"><td valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: inset inset none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 2.25pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-top-alt: inset windowtext .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: inset windowtext .75pt; mso-border-right-alt: inset windowtext .75pt;">Side play (as assembled to crank)<o></o>

</td><td valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: inset inset none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 2.25pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-top-alt: inset windowtext .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: inset windowtext .75pt; mso-border-right-alt: inset windowtext .75pt;">
<o></o>


</td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 25;"><td valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: none inset inset; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 2.25pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-left-alt: inset windowtext .75pt; mso-border-right-alt: inset windowtext .75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: inset windowtext .75pt;"> Standard play<o></o>

</td><td valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: none inset inset; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 2.25pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-left-alt: inset windowtext .75pt; mso-border-right-alt: inset windowtext .75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: inset windowtext .75pt;">
0.410 ± 0.26 mm<o></o>


</td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 26; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"><td valign="top" style="padding: 2.25pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;"> Max play<o></o>

</td><td valign="top" style="padding: 2.25pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">
0.670 mm<o></o>


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Old Mar 23, 2013 | 01:49 PM
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Thanks.
One question, are the connecting rod journal #'s max- minimum spec?
Basically should it be allowable to be any less than the lower number listed?
 
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