KX Riders
Maintenance & Technical => KX500 Original => Topic started by: fredodido on August 07, 2009, 11:05:23 AM
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i have just done a buttom end rebuild and my crank case will not come back together smootly... i should not need to press it do I?...
it is my first time rebuilding a kx 500, should those cases come together easily? they came out super easy not even using a puller... everything is at it,s place, it seem like...
any idea.
Thanks
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they need a gentle press together.
You can buy a tool from Rocky Mountain ATV or look at www.kx250.info for the one I made from bits of steel bar, tube and threaded rod.
It took 30 seconds once the bars and tube were in place.
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please find attached a diagram and some instructions on how to use my homemade pressing tool.
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Do you have a wedge in the crankshaft.
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No I did not, the Clymer manual suggests this and I fell of my chair when I asked the local Kawa dealer for one.
It was over $ 200 and thet had never sold one.
You could machine a piece of wood as from what I can see it is an oblong piece of metal with a slot at one end.
A piece of well machined mahogany or teak would probably suffice.
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No I did not, the Clymer manual suggests this and I fell of my chair when I asked the local Kawa dealer for one.
It was over $ 200 and thet had never sold one.
You could machine a piece of wood as from what I can see it is an oblong piece of metal with a slot at one end.
A piece of well machined mahogany or teak would probably suffice.
I bought mine from Service Kawasaki (Servicehonda.com) for a tad over $100.