For what I consider to be a once in a lifetime application, I couldn't see going through the time & expense of ordering a wristpin puller when the threaded rod was already sitting in a corner of the garage. This was the same threaded rod which I had used to drop the engine out of the bottom of my 914 and also suspend my Golf engine during a tranny replacement. Handy stuff! Frank At 11:49 AM 9/22/00 -0400, John wrote: >Frank Miller wrote: >> >> At 09:58 AM 9/20/00 +0200, Nigel Bennett wrote: >> >The main, big- and small-end bearings still look great, evidence of happy >> >spinning. Had a bitch of a time drifting out the gudgeon pins, though. These >> >things can only be hammered thru the water pump opening on one side and thru >> >some other opening on the other side. Had to make up a reverse hamer to >> >"pull" the far pin out. >> >> I used a piece of 3/8" treaded rod, nuts, washers and some sockets as >> adaptors to make a puller to pull out the wrist pins. Much easier than >> hammering on stuff. >> >> Frank Miller >> Manager, SFA/CRM Systems >> >> Alternative Business Systems >> "Leaders in Customer Relationship Management Solutions" >> 4216 Indianola Avenue >> Columbus, Ohio 43214 >> >> Tel: (614) 447-0060 >> Fax: (614) 263-9086 >> URL: www.altbussys.com >> ICQ: 40808804 > > >Hey Guys, why not use the correct special tools(see the repair manual) >to remove the burrs and extract the wrist pins? > >John > |
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