Engine removal

Hi all,

Im to the point in my dissambly to remove the enigne.

I was thinking about laying the bike over, unbolt everything then lift the frame back up. Is this do'able.

Is there a better way, condering I dont have a jack or bike stands? :roll:

 

I've never done it before, and may be completely out to lunch, but I thought that the engine was small enough to just leave the bike upright, unbolt all of the peripherals and the engine mounts, and simply lift the engine out of the frame. But like I said, I've never done it before.

 

Just using my experiance while I was a maintainer / mechanic in tha AF, I wouldnt attempt budging this engine with out a lift.

I may be wrong, but eyeballing it, Im guessing the 750 engine weighs in at around 250lbs, does this sound right?

My back just cant hold up to that anymore.

 

Yes this can be done. The engine comes out on the right side. Be nice to your engine now and lay a soft blanket down so she is comfortable. Then set her upright carefully. The blanket also helps keep you from breaking off any cooling fins.

 

I put my engine in by myself, and yes it's heavy, maybe 125 lbs? I made a small platform about frame height and had it beside the bike. Slide the motor onto the frame, stradle the bike with chest on upper frame this way back is supported.
Only thing I found out is to do this with oil filter cover off! Motor won't come out or go in with cover on, at least I never had any luck with it!

 

Here is what i did just last week and i do have a bad back! , i used the car jack to raise the motor so the bottom will clear the frame , next i built a small table/bench out of 6 house bricks side by side 2 then stacked so it was the same hieght as the frame , then i used a big pillow placed on top of the frame where tank was , then rest the chest on the pillow and just using the arms slightly lift and slide over to the bench/table , twas easy with a bit of huffing and puffing , then i lowered the motor off the table [no back use] and split the motor right there [in the kitchen].....

 

Last time we did it, we just had two guys, one on each side, and just lifted it right out of the frame through the right side. And just to reiterate, take the oil filter off! :wink:

Nowhere near 250 lbs, probably closer to 125-150. I can pick it up by myself, although not easily. Two guys can easily handle it.

Oh, and another tip. Twice now we have put the motor back in without putting the rubber boot around the driveshaft. Very aggrivating thing because you have to pull the motor about halfways back out to get it on. :x

 

I tried the laying over of the bike method last year. Was a bit of a pain to be honest. But this would be the method of choice doing it alone. I've had buddies help pull them out and it is just brutal. I like the "table" idea, lucky your wife puts up with the motor in the kitchen! I'll chime in at 150 pounds as well. Not a one man job especially with a bad back.

 

Sweet!

Thanks for all the input folks. Ill give it a try tonight.

 

I unbolted the engine and used a few pry bars to get it to the side. I slide it off onto a table...

Seemed to work perfectly.