Main Bearing Cap

Step 1:
Install and uniformly tighten the 10 main bearing cap bolts in several steps in the sequence shown in the illustration.
Torque: 20 Nm (204 kgf-cm, 15 ft-lbf)

Step 2:
Tighten the bearing cap bolts in several steps in the sequence shown in the illustration.
Torque: 40 Nm (408 kgf-cm, 30 ft-lbf)





Step 3:
Mark the front of the bearing cap bolts with paint.
Further tighten the bearing cap bolts by 90° in the sequence shown in the previous illustration.
Check that the paint mark is now at a 90° angle to the front.