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gammie89
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Location: cairns QLD
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 Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 3:29 pm Post subject: piston circlips |
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now just as i was thinkin maybe i should put a rag in that hole, bam! down goes the circlip into the bottom on the engine.
what is the best way to get the clip out? old oil is still in the bottom of the crankcase, and engine is still in the frame. i tried fishing around with the magnet but no luck so far,
ideas anyone?
thanks,
james
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| keep fishing you get a bite , takes time, been there dun that. |
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bigjon
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| Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 3:53 pm Post subject: Re: piston circlips |
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| gammie89 wrote: | | now just as i was thinkin maybe i should put a rag in that hole, bam! down goes the circlip into the bottom on the engine. |
Isn't hindsight a wonderful thing.
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| Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 12:02 pm Post subject: |
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take the engine out and tip it upside down!
as you have now found out, rebuilding your engine with it still in the frame is like doing a sh*t without taking your pants off: its quicker and easier to start with, but its gonna be a long and messy clean up!
haha it only takes half an hour to whip the engine out of the ol banshee, i would imagine it being even easier and quicker with the 450!
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| Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 12:09 pm Post subject: |
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Are you dead sure it went in the case.
Check the floor for a hundred miles before you kill yourself.
Then i'd keep fishing with the magnet.
Don't you just love that little ping sound that circlips make as they fly across the workshop and silently land somewhere in a pile of junk.
remember... the main thing is, You are doing something you love and you are enjoying yourself 
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| i was going to post something here, but i've got sooooooooo many lost circlip stories , i couldn't pick the best one, and to tell them all would wear out the only finger i've trained successfully to type |
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You're a classic Kev.
No wonder you keep losing circlips, if only one of your fingers is just smart enough to type.
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gammie89
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| Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 10:13 pm Post subject: |
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i didnt have any pressure on it, kinda just slipped out of my fingers as i was try to figure a good position to begin from, so im 99 % sure its in the crankcase.
haha havnt even looked at it since i lost it, gonna this week
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Try blowing it out with compressed air ( that`s what most mechanics would try first ,but be sure to have all the other holes covered with shop rags ect first )
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gammie89
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yeah im gonna drain the oil then see if i can get it out with magnet, then with compressed air, then tip quad upside down, then take engine out, then buy a new quad and get mechanic to do repairs haha
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gammie61
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He got it out fellas. Took the engine out of the frame & turned her upside down & the little bludger fell straight out.
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