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Subject:Re: Decided to Rebuild my 2.1-Bottom split
From:Frank Miller
Date:Fri, 22 Sep 2000 09:23:18 -0400

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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