thinkin a splitin the case.

[toyotaman]

hey guys. my left cylinder ate alot of sand so im honing out my cylinders. i have the motor all pulled out. i replaced my pistons and had it bored like 4 months ago then a boot got ripped on it the other day and it sucked in a bunch of sand. its like 40 bucks for a full gasket kit. so i was thinking of just spliting the case and getting my crank welded and trued and new berings on it while its all apart so i dont have to worry about it. is it really hard to get the case apart. i dont wanna have to deal with a bunch of hard tranny stuff but i would like to do this. any help would be awsome. you guys kick ass.

[swrbansheeboy]

splitting the cases is pretty easy as long as you take your time. if you look at the front and rear of the cases where they mate you will see a couple spots that "overhang" that are safe to smak with a rubber hammer without damaging the mating surfaces. never use a screwdiver or anything to pound between the cases and pry them apart! pull all 16 bolts (8 on the top and 8 on the bottom. there numbered 1-16) make sure you pull the keeper behind the clutch basket with the two phillips head screws (use an impact driver) that hold the upper and lower case halves together then just whack away at the overhangs on the front and rear of the cases untill it starts to split then just pull the upper half off... it's very intimidating the first time you do it but after you do one it's a walk in the park. just make sure to pull everything ( flywheel, clutch basket, kicker gear, drive gear, clutch arm and whatnot) for the first time, as you get better you will learn what you can leave on depending on what your trying to work on. make sure you have a clymer handy to refer to incase you have any quesions but i doubt you will need it once you get into it... good luck even thought i'm sure you will do fine :biggrin:

[Screaming Yellow Zonker]

it's a long post but it should help....

 

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