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Engine Tear Down

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DoldGuy:
I recently invested in the Case Splitter mentioned above & it made the job extremely easy & works better than any of MY homemade pieces. I know others here are gifted in making such things, but, this is far better than what I could do & it is reasonably affordable. Wish I had invested in it long ago. One thing that happened during my tear down was the crank bearings stayed on the crank & not in the cases & my bearing splitter was to thick to get behind the bearing so I took the crank to my buddies at Pro Class Cycles (put a plug in for you Bob) to remove & his splitter was just as thick. He told me to lookaway (I will not post here how he did it / if interested PM me) and the bearing was 1/4 of the way off. Then went to his press & finshed the job. After his method we chocked it into the truing stand, it measured good with only .003" run out.
Thanks Again Bob!

DoldGuy

blueoval:
Would one of you be able to send a picture of the "box" or whatever it is that you use to hold the engine on the bench.  I am very familiar with race car engines and rebuilding them, so now I am going to learn the 2 stroke.  thx

ShadeTreeFab:
i use my bike stand, a cheep case splitter at autozone "import timing gear puller" & two long metric screws from ace hardware.
if your not real familiar with the motor use a digital camera and take pics.

Friar-Tuck:

  Here's a setup one of the guys on the board put together.
( Scroll down his pic's to get an idea  of what you'll be up against as far as clearance etc.)

  BDI does more than your average bear, so this may seem a bit much for the one engine a year set up.   
    http://www.kxriders.com/forums/index.php/topic,5163.0.html

 I have some small pieces of 2x4 and 2x6 I stack up, and some 1/4 and 3/8 rod about 18-20" long
 to run through the engine mounts when you need to hold back to tighten /loosen.

  I'll see if I can find some photo's of some different Idea's   
  Tuck\o/

blueoval:
That is sweet Tuck.  Thanks for the photos.  Picture is worth a lot.  Completely get the idea now.  This site is just awesome.  Really appreciate the offer to borrow the tools.  I am hesitant to borrow someones stuff, but may take you up on the offer.   ted

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