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Post by florida on Jun 3, 2015 17:07:30 GMT -5
I am nervous about disconnecting the engine from the frame. Have you done this before?
For first time I recently:
-put on new carb
-tuned carb
-adjusted valves
How hard is it to disconnect engine from frame?
I plan on putting the engine on my work table with help from friend.
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Post by bigmac on Jun 5, 2015 0:24:57 GMT -5
I never removed an engine, but it does look like a lot to do. Here is how I would set the scooter up if trying to get that bolt out without disconnecting the engine nor removing the head from the engine. Remove the exhaust, cooling fan cover and just the bottom half of the plastic cooling shroud. That half of the cooling shroud will look something like this:  Then drain the gas tank and carburetor of gas. With some old sheets, towels, pillows, yoga mats, cushions, whatever can be found, create a soft area on the floor for the scooter. Then gently lay the scooter onto its side. After that, you should be able to sit down next to it and do your work much more easily since the bottom of the engine has no shrouding and is facing you instead of the ground. |
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Post by geh3333 on Jun 5, 2015 0:53:21 GMT -5
I destroyed one of my stock heads trying to drill out a broken stud. I tried to rethread one of the holes but it didnt work out. Please explain whT you did. I drilled the stud out . while doing so , I messed the threads up , so I tried rethreading a size bigger , but it didn't work. I'm thinking the kit I used was old and wore out. When I got to the point of rethreading , it just wasn't threading right. |
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Post by geh3333 on Jun 5, 2015 1:00:00 GMT -5
I never removed an engine, but it does look like a lot to do. Here is how I would set the scooter up if trying to get that bolt out without disconnecting the engine nor removing the head from the engine. Remove the exhaust, cooling fan cover and just the bottom half of the plastic cooling shroud. That half of the cooling shroud will look something like this: Then drain the gas tank and carburetor of gas. With some old sheets, towels, pillows, yoga mats, cushions, whatever can be found, create a soft area on the floor for the scooter. Then gently lay the scooter onto its side. After that, you should be able to sit down next to it and do your work much more easily since the bottom of the engine has no shrouding and is facing you instead of the ground. That's actually not that bad of an idea. You really wouldn't even have to lay it down flat on it side . you could probably have the scoot about a ft and a half from actually laying on its side and still be able to everything just fine. |
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