[Healeys] Main bearing cap removal

I Erbs eyera3000 at gmail.com
Mon Feb 24 10:05:10 MST 2014


try a block of wood and a dead blow hammer, Or heat the piston, then use
the wood/hammer method

Ira Erbs
Portland, OR
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On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 8:41 AM, Robin <retters at aol.com> wrote:

> Thanks Mark, I had been eyeing that threaded hole in the cap but couldn't
> find
> a 3/8 BSF bolt long enough to make a puller like you did. With your
> encouragement I tore apart the shop and found one. The puller method worked
> slowly but got the job done!
>
> Unfortunately I still can't get the pistons unstuck !  They have been
> soaking
> in PBblaster for weeks now to no avail. I had hoped they might go out the
> bottom with the crank out of the way.
>
> Dave
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Feb 23, 2014, at 1:36 PM, Mark Fawcett <m.fawcett at verizon.net> wrote:
>
> > This is how I did it on the 6 cyl
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 5:57 PM, Robin <retters at aol.com> wrote:
> >> I am taking apart my '55 100 engine and can't get the main bearing caps
> to
> >> budge. Any tricks I should try to get the crank out ?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Dave Rettew
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