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ENG
CRANKSHAFT
CHECKING THE BALANCER SHAFT
1. Measure:
• balancer shaft-journal-to-balancer shaft-
journal-bearing clearance
Out of specification
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Replace the balancer
shaft journal bearings.
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CAUTION:
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Do not interchange the balancer shaft jour-
nal bearings. To obtain the correct balancer
shaft-journal-to-balancer shaft-journal-
bearing clearance and prevent engine dam-
age, the balancer shaft journal bearings
must be installed in their original positions.
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a. Clean the balancer shaft journal bearings,
balancer shaft journals, and bearing por-
tions of the crankcase.
b. Place the upper crankcase upside down on
a bench.
c. Install the balancer shaft journal upper
bearings and the balancer shaft into the
upper crankcase.
balancer shaft-journal-to-bal-
ancer shaft-journal-bearing clear-
ance
0.020 ~ 0.048 mm
NOTE:
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Align the projections
a
of the balancer shaft
journal upper bearings with the notches
b
in
the upper crankcase.
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d. Put a piece of Plastigauge
®
1
on each bal-
ancer shaft journal.
NOTE:
@
Do not put the Plastigauge
®
over the oil hole in
the balancer shaft journal.
@
e. Install the balancer shaft journal lower bear-
ings into the lower crankcase and assemble
the crankcase halves.
Summary of Contents for VMX12 2001
Page 1: ...VMX12 2001 3LRD AE1 SERVICEMANUAL ...
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Page 9: ...GEN INFO 1 ...
Page 11: ...GEN INFO ...
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Page 22: ...SPEC 2 ...
Page 24: ...SPEC ...
Page 52: ...2 28 SPEC OIL FLOW DIAGRAMS 1 Camshaft 2 Main gallery 3 Crankshaft 4 Oil level switch ...
Page 54: ...2 30 SPEC OIL FLOW DIAGRAMS 1 Crankshaft 2 Oil pipe 3 Oil filter ...
Page 65: ...CHK ADJ 3 ...
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Page 126: ...ENG 4 ...
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Page 237: ...COOL 5 ...
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Page 258: ...CARB 6 ...
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Page 273: ...CHAS 7 ...
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Page 390: ...ELEC 8 ...
Page 396: ...8 4 ELEC SWITCHES ...
Page 417: ...8 25 ELEC STARTER MOTOR 3 Install O rings 1 bolts 2 New T R 5 Nm 0 5 m kg ...
Page 445: ...TRBL SHTG 9 ...