Opel Vectra B

since 1995 release

Repair and operation of the car



Vektr's Opel of B
+ 1.1. Governing bodies and control devices
+ 2. Maintenance
- 3. Engines
   + 3.1. Repair of the SOCH engine installed in the car
   + 3.2. Repair of the DOCH engine installed in the car
   + 3.3. Repair of the diesel engine of 1,7 l installed in the car
   + 3.4. Repair of the diesel engine of 2,0 l installed in the car
   - 3.5. Capital repairs of engines
      3.5.1. Introduction
      + 3.5.2. Technical characteristics
      3.5.3. Removal and installation of the petrol engine together with the transmission
      3.5.4. Removal and installation of the diesel engine together with the transmission
      3.5.5. Repair of the engine
      3.5.6. Dismantling of a head of the block of cylinders
      3.5.7. Cleaning and survey of a head of the block of cylinders
      3.5.8. Assembly of a head of the block of cylinders
      3.5.9. Removal of pistons with rods
      3.5.10. Removal of a bent shaft
      3.5.11. Block of cylinders of the engine
      3.5.12. Pistons and rods
      3.5.13. Bent shaft
      3.5.14. Survey of radical and conrod bearings
      3.5.15. Engine balance of assembly at capital repairs
      3.5.16. Installation of piston rings
      3.5.17. Choice of bearings
      3.5.18. Installation of a bent shaft
      3.5.19. Pistons and rods, check of working gaps of conrod bearings
      3.5.20. Check of a working gap of the bearing of the lower head of a rod
      3.5.21. Installation of pistons with rods
      3.5.22. Start of the engine after capital repairs
+ 4. Heating, ventilation
+ 5. Fuel system
+ 6. Systems of start, ignition
+ 7. Transmission
+ 8. Brake system
+ 9. Running gear
+ 10. Body
+ 11. Electric equipment
+ 12. Main malfunctions


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3.5.20. Check of a working gap of the bearing of the lower head of a rod

PERFORMANCE ORDER
1. Clear a back part of an insert and the place of its installation in a rod and a rod cover.
2. Establish inserts on the places.
3. One of methods consists in establishing covers of conrod bearings together with an insert on rods and to screw them the required moment. Measure the internal diameter of each collected couple of inserts of bearings. Measure diameter of each conrod neck of a bent shaft. Subtract the corresponding diameter of a conrod neck of a bent shaft from the measured diameter of the bearing.
4. The second and more exact method consists in using the product known as Plastigage. It is a round plastic core which contracts between an insert and a neck of a bent shaft. After removal of a cover of the conrod bearing the deformed plastic core is measured by a special template which is available complete with Plastigage. The procedure for Plastigage use following. Establish without lubricant rods on a bent shaft, necks of a bent shaft and inserts have to be absolutely pure and dry. Cut off several pieces of a plastic core and establish them on each neck of a bent shaft. Establish covers with the lower inserts and tighten fastening bolts the required moment.
5. In the course of measurement of a gap by Plastigage method do not rotate a bent shaft of the engine. Unscrew a cover of fastening of an insert, remove it and apply the large-scale ruler printed on packing to the deformed plastic core. Comparing width of the deformed plastic core to control width on a large-scale ruler, determine gap size. In conclusion carefully clear Plastigage traces – material from inserts and a bent shaft.