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REF: Engine Mechanicals
Bottom End
Timing Inspection Plugs and Drain Plugs
General Thread Repair
- Installing a Helicoil on a Drain Plug with the Engine in the Frame or otherwise drilling / tapping new threads in the case.
Crankshaft
Connecting Rods
Cam Bushings
Cam Bushing Removal
- You can buy different brands but this is basically a slide hammer with an expandable collet.
| Blind Hole Bearing Puller (Harbor Freight model) 1) |
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| Decrease the width of the collet 2) | Install it into and behind the bushing 3) | Tighten the nuts to expand the collet 4) |
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| Hold outward pressure on the handle. Then yank the bushings out by knocking the slide against the handle end of the tool 5) | ||
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