Date:         Fri, 22 Sep 2000 15:51:09 -0400
Reply-To:     Frank Miller <fmiller01@SPRYNET.COM>
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From:         Frank Miller <fmiller01@SPRYNET.COM>
Subject:      Re: Decided to Rebuild my 2.1-Bottom split
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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
>>
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>
>
>Hey Guys, why not use the correct special tools(see the repair manual)
>to remove the burrs and extract the wrist pins?
>
>John
>