Diesel Data: Automotive Repair

Main Bearing Cap

INSTALL CRANKSHAFT

Step 1





Install and uniformly tighten the 10 main bearing cap bolts in the sequence shown in the illustration.

Torque 20 Nm (204 kgf-cm, 15 ft-lbf)





Retighten the 10 main bearing cap bolts in the sequence shown in the illustration.

Torque 40 Nm (408 kgf-cm, 30 ft-lbf)

Step 2





Mark the front of the bearing cap bolts with paint.
Retighten the bearing cap bolts by 90 °in the numerical order shown in the illustration.
Check that the paint mark is now at a 90 °angle to the front.