Full Rebuild (pics galore!)
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 11:20 am
Hey crew,
Recently I have discovered that my crankseals have perished on my KR-1S, so I decided to give the engine a full rebuild, top and bottom, as it's been around 10,000 kms since the last top end. I used rc46's and mj's guides to do this by the way, great body of information.
A local business will be rebuilding the crank for me, so I split the cases and got it out.
Engine out of the frame.
Spark Plugs out.
KIPS off.
Head off next.
Head.
Barrels off next.
Barrels off.
Clutch cover off.
Clutch out next.
Clutch basket out.
Turn the engine around to remove idle gear.
There are a couple of circlips that need to be removed also.
Turn engine around again to remove the gear shifter mechanism.
Casing off.
Plate off.
Gearbox bolts out.
Gearbox out RHS.
Gearbox out LHS.
RHS cover off.
Stator off.
Stator, which needs replacing also.
Turn engine upside down for balancer shaft removal.
Balancer shaft out.
Kickstarter out.
Cases split.
The main offender.
There is quite a bit of wear on the cases, so I think there has been a big failure at some point in this engines life. I will get Gav at GD Engineering to check it out.
Recently I have discovered that my crankseals have perished on my KR-1S, so I decided to give the engine a full rebuild, top and bottom, as it's been around 10,000 kms since the last top end. I used rc46's and mj's guides to do this by the way, great body of information.
A local business will be rebuilding the crank for me, so I split the cases and got it out.
Engine out of the frame.
Spark Plugs out.
KIPS off.
Head off next.
Head.
Barrels off next.
Barrels off.
Clutch cover off.
Clutch out next.
Clutch basket out.
Turn the engine around to remove idle gear.
There are a couple of circlips that need to be removed also.
Turn engine around again to remove the gear shifter mechanism.
Casing off.
Plate off.
Gearbox bolts out.
Gearbox out RHS.
Gearbox out LHS.
RHS cover off.
Stator off.
Stator, which needs replacing also.
Turn engine upside down for balancer shaft removal.
Balancer shaft out.
Kickstarter out.
Cases split.
The main offender.
There is quite a bit of wear on the cases, so I think there has been a big failure at some point in this engines life. I will get Gav at GD Engineering to check it out.