Cylinder Block Assembly: Service and Repair

Main Bearing Shells, New Crankshaft, Allocating

Allocation of Crankshaft Bearing Shells for Cylinder Block





• Bearing shells with the correct thickness are allocated to the cylinder block in the factory. Colored dots on sides of bearing shells serve for identifying bearing shell thickness.

• Allocation of bearing shells to cylinder block is marked by one letter each at left front on cylinder block (can be read from outside) as shown in the illustration.





• In addition, the letters are also stamped on the guide frame.

Allocation of crankshaft bearing shells for guide frame - Version I





• Bearing shells with the correct thickness are allocated to the guide frame in the factory. Colored dots on sides of bearing shells serve for identifying bearing shell thickness.

• Allocation of bearing shells to guide frame is marked by one colored dot each on crankshaft counterweight as shown in the illustration.





Allocation of crankshaft bearing shells for guide frame - Version II





• Bearing shells with the correct thickness are allocated to the guide frame in the factory. Colored dots on sides of bearing shells serve for identifying bearing shell thickness.

• The allocation of bearing shells to guide frame is identified by a letter on the front crankshaft counterweight, as shown in the illustration. The "X" marks the end of the letter sequence and is near the bearing 1 color identification on the belt pulley side.

• Ignore - Item A -.