The required level of reliability of modern forced engines can be provided only on condition of their high-quality design, which is based on the strong calculation of the most loaded parts, which include parts crank mechanism. The article shows the importance of kinematic and dynamic analysis of crank mechanism in the process of designing an internal combustion engine and their role in ensuring the reliability of the engine, describes ways to solve the problem of kinematic and dynamic analysis of crank mechanism. The comparative analysis of static and dynamic models of crank-crank mechanisms is given. Calculation schemes, the sequence of kinematic and dynamic analysis of the mechanism, the system of equations, allowing to determine the forces acting in the crank mechanism, are presented. On the basis of the vector diagrams of loads on the crankshaft connecting rod presented in the article the expediency of application of dynamic models of crank mechanisms with SIM-metric and asymmetric connecting rods for analytical calculations of piston engines is proved. The results of analytical calculations of the dynamics of crank mechanism of four-stroke diesel supercharged size 13/14 are presented. It is shown that with the modern development of computer technology and software, the complexity of such calculations practically does not increase, and the results are close to those obtained by numerical analysis of dynamics using three-dimensional solid-state models. Recommendations on the use of "light" software products Ltd, which allows to perform kinematic and dynamic analysis of mechanisms in the educational Pro-process and solution design tasks. The results presented in the article prove the appropriateness of using the coordinate method to determine the kinematic parameters of the third replacement weight of the connecting rod and the ability to ensure the required accuracy of the calculations performed on the basis of the analysis of rod systems.