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KX60 HELP! In need of rebuild!

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1989kawasaki:
what you mean you didnt put a rag around the opening to stop the clip from going down?
you MUST get it out. you probably have to tip the motor upside down and shake it around and then it should just drop out. OR if you have one of those telescopic magnet sticks (not sure of the proper name) you may be able to fish it out.

chris-mets:
I was thinking of a vacuum...

Friar-Tuck:
 Hey Chris,
 A vacuum might work,  you do actually have to see the circlip come out.  Putting a rag or two around the opening in the crankcase is pretty much standard operating procedure.   Now you know why
         .. Good news is  you can get it out.!
I think you are now officially a student at the School of Hard Knocks...   I've been attending for about 40yrs. now.

  The first memory I have beeing enrolled was when I took apart my old mans Brand spankin' new Lawn Boy.
 He showed me how to cut the grass on saturday after we picked it up.
   And I promptly took it apart Monday while he was at work.  Needless to say I got most of it apart by simply "Borrowing some of his tools !
   I swear I got beat for two weeks for that one... I think the old timer at the lawnmower shop gave him a discount on reassembling the mower.. He couldn't stop Laughing when we took it back to him only fourdays after he sold it to my old man  brand new...

   There is no moral to the story... I just thought you could use a good laugh...

 P.S.   Being an old timer myself now, there is something I don't understand in your previous posts...
 I'm  pretty sure I know what FM stands for.... But cannot figure out the "L".
     In my youth I could finnish the FM part with any of the following...

    Blind, Runnin' , Hard,  Silly,  ...     
 I thought maybe it meant Long... But that didn't quite fit, that seems it would need
another letter like "and Hard"  any ways..   please keep it clean.  I don't talk like that anymore and hope you don't either... :-D
      Tuck\o/   

chris-mets:
Hey guys...Im waiting on somehow getting that clip out so i can put the piston on and be done...I tried a magnet....I tried draining a whole quart of oil...no luck...I am NOT splitting the cases again or taking the engine out of the bike....There must be some way or would a mechanic do it? if so probably how much? and can I get away without getting the clip out? also when I get the clip out or whatever I do....Im gonna put the cloth in so it doesnt happen again but...WHen I get the piston on I cant get the 2 clips on...Is there a tool? Please answer all the questions...THanks!

1989kawasaki:

--- Quote from: chris-mets on June 23, 2011, 06:01:53 AM ---Hey guys...Im waiting on somehow getting that clip out so i can put the piston on and be done...I tried a magnet....I tried draining a whole quart of oil...no luck...I am NOT splitting the cases again or taking the engine out of the bike....There must be some way or would a mechanic do it? if so probably how much? and can I get away without getting the clip out? also when I get the clip out or whatever I do....Im gonna put the cloth in so it doesnt happen again but...WHen I get the piston on I cant get the 2 clips on...Is there a tool? Please answer all the questions...THanks!

--- End quote ---

draining the oil was a waste cause on a 2 stroke the actual engine and the gear box is separate. so there is no tranny oil where the clip is.

you CANNOT leave the clip in there, dont even try to leave it in there or it will come back and bite you in the butt the next time you start the bike.

my suggestion is to remove the motor and tip it upside down and shake it around until the clip comes out.

when my motor was out of my bike and i took the clip out , it fell into the cases ,so i had to hold the engine upside down and shook it and the clip came right out.
so i suggest you do that too...

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