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Crankshaft, Engine

Crankshaft





General data








Color coding of main bearing and big-end bearing shells
Standard bearing shells are Yellow - Yellow or Red - Blue.

Red shells are thinnest, yellow are 0.005 mm (0.0002 in) thicker than red, and blue shells are 0.005 mm (0.0002 in) thicker than yellow ones. Only yellow bearing shells are available as a spare part.

Crankshaft journal diameter (1)





Main journal diameter (2)