Crankshaft/Transmission
Balancer Installation
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- Position the crankshaft at #2, 3 positions TDC or at #1, 4 positions TDC.
- Install the balancer assembly as follows.
Align the punch mark [A] on the weight and the projection [B] on the crankcase.
Engage the balancer gear and the crankshaft gear.
Insert the balancer shaft until it is bottomed.

- Replace the balancer shaft oil seal with a new one.
- Apply grease to the oil seal lips.
- Install the oil seal so that its surface is flush with the end of hole.
- Install: Balancer Shaft Clamp Lever [C]
- Tighten: Torque - Balancer Shaft Clamp Bolt [D]: 9.8 NВ·m (1.0 kgfВ·m, 87 inВ·lb)
- Turn the mark [A] on the balancer shaft to the engine forward [B].
- Check that the lever [C] is in contact with the crankcase.
- Tighten: Torque - Balancer Shaft Clamp Lever Bolt [D]: 25 NВ·m (2.5 kgfВ·m, 18 ftВ·lb)

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