Bare Naked SFC1000

Bloody fiddly fumbling around with 2 pistons already inserted.  Need to find some method of keeping the barrel in place while attaching the compressor to the 3rd piston in limited space.  Need a 2nd pair of hands at least.

I'm used to working on my own, normally nobody around that I can recruit for this and that... :D

Use 3 compressors and it is easy, slide the barrel down till all rings are inserted and remove all 3 compressors at once.  Lot safer too.  Same applies to 180s.

It can even be done with only one compressor, or without any at all for that matter, but I've grown weary of that type of challenge. ::)

piet
 
sfcpiet said:
Bloody fiddly fumbling around with 2 pistons already inserted.  Need to find some method of keeping the barrel in place while attaching the compressor to the 3rd piston in limited space.  Need a 2nd pair of hands at least.

I'm used to working on my own, normally nobody around that I can recruit for this and that... :D

Use 3 compressors and it is easy, slide the barrel down till all rings are inserted and remove all 3 compressors at once.  Lot safer too.  Same applies to 180s.

It can even be done with only one compressor, or without any at all for that matter, but I've grown weary of that type of challenge. ::)

piet
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Yeah, I've got enough character, as it is.  Three compressors it is.
 
ref picture in post#28.  have you junked the external damping adjuster?  Looks like its all been weld filled before painting?

 
sfcpiet said:
Bloody fiddly fumbling around with 2 pistons already inserted.  Need to find some method of keeping the barrel in place while attaching the compressor to the 3rd piston in limited space.  Need a 2nd pair of hands at least.
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Do the middle one first
 
Yes. 120 or 180, doesn't matter. Actually a 120 would be a bit easier because you can do them one at a time. I generally find it easier to work from the inside to the outside. Although the only 120 I've worked on is a Kawasaki 1300 where there's 6 pistons!
 
Well, taking the primary cover off to inspect clutch plates and ran into issue.  Does anything inside the ignition housing need to be loosened up to get the primary cover off?  I have all 9 of the 5mm hex socket cap screws out, I've pried the cover loose from the gasket, loosened up the tensioner? on the bottom of the case, but the case is not coming off.  I just don't want to crack something cuz some fasteners inside the ignition area aren't removed.  Green book doesn't really explain this procedure that I could find.

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This thread is like watching a train crash in slow motion. What is going on with your barrels and pistons in the picture??
There is a manual available for the RGS. Stop work now and get one, if you can't find one let me know and I will send you one.


  Keith
 
laverdakeith said:
This thread is like watching a train crash in slow motion. What is going on with your barrels and pistons in the picture??
There is a manual available for the RGS. Stop work now and get one, if you can't find one let me know and I will send you one.


  Keith
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Trying to get the barrels off the pistons, but won't come.  Being patient.  Do not have an RGS manual, just the Green Book.  Where does one procure such a publication?
 
Barrels won't lift because you have cocked the pistons. Don't think lack of patience is your problem. I can supply you with a factory manual but even they assume a little technical know how. Would respectfully suggest you are completely out of your depth stripping your engine from what I have seen, what do you hope to achieve by taking it apart? Do you have suitable measuring equipment, the ability to use it and the knowledge to interpret the measurements made? Or are you hoping to glean the condition of internal components just by having a look at them? Stop now before you fuck it up completely would be my heartfelt advice....


  Keith
 
laverdakeith said:
Barrels won't lift because you have cocked the pistons. Don't think lack of patience is your problem. I can supply you with a factory manual but even they assume a little technical know how. Would respectfully suggest you are completely out of your depth stripping your engine from what I have seen, what do you hope to achieve by taking it apart? Do you have suitable measuring equipment, the ability to use it and the knowledge to interpret the measurements made? Or are you hoping to glean the condition of internal components just by having a look at them? Stop now before you fuck it up completely would be my heartfelt advice....


  Keith
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Gosh, you mean being a bicycle mechanic is not suitable expertise? I've got a whole toolbox full of adjustable wrenches and even two screwdrivers.  This Italian thingamajig can't be THAT difficult!  Besides, how am I ever going to gain the knowledge I seek without trying?  And, guess what?  Thanks for the advice.
 
Rockitdoc,

Don't be too hasty. Keith's advice is well meant and is trying to stop you ending up with a multi $1000 bill. If you can't figure out you need to take the ignition trigger unit off the crank to get the side cover of, you do need help.  It's bolted to the crank!!  Plenty of help here, just best to ask before you start.

Pete
 
Poffer said:
Rockitdoc,

Don't be too hasty. Keith's advice is well meant and is trying to stop you ending up with a multi $1000 bill. If you can't figure out you need to take the ignition trigger unit off the crank to get the side cover of, you do need help.  It's bolted to the crank!!  Plenty of help here, just best to ask before you start.

Pete
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I thought that was what I was doing when the lambasting started.  See if I help Keith the next time he tries disassembling a GE turbofan! :D
 
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