Removing my engine

[ViperRam]

Any special tools needed to drop gen 1 engines?  Tips or tricks not covered in the manual?

[ViperRam]

Any special tools needed to drop gen 1 engines?  Tips or tricks not covered in the manual?

[Warp12]

I did it easily in a few hours, without a manual. That included a turbo, secondary injection, etc. The only thing you need is a special socket for some of the mounting bolts, and Schnitz sells it, among other vendors. 

Shane

[Cookie]

Here's a friendly tip. With rear hoop removed, you can lower down enough to do both - removal and install.

When installing; first secure the lower mount and then rotate the engine into the higher mounts.



not my bike - for god's sakes that thing is filthy  

[Rice Ya]

Take off the front fender too or you WILL scratch it getting the motor out.

[Scary-Jerry]

But the Bike on a Stands and remove the rear wheel. 
The Chain needs to come all the way forward to get off the Counter Sprocket.
Chock the Motor to keep it steady and manuever away...
It's easier to lift the Bike off the Motor this way. 

[the shredder#3]

Ive tried a few different way of removing the motor
Each a little different depends what you have to work with.

Using a car engine crane to lower motor to the ground

Using the table lift to hold bike in the air & lower table with motor sitting on a cradle i made up out of wood.

Using the wooden cradle & a car workshop jack to lower & reintsall with

[ViperRam]

Thanks for all the input.  Luckily last night i talked to a local engine builder.  Seems to have some good experience and even built his own turbo bike and a friend of mines big bore.

So later this week im bringing it up to him and we are tearing it apart together.  Need to learn all i can.

[FASBUS]

 Socket to get frame bolt/mount loose....oem/suzuki works best.
 What ended up the issue w/your engine...oil pressure,bearing damage or starter related issues?

[Kurt]

Get a set of sockets from TDCfrank  work great 

[trunkbuster]

I've done a few engine drops and I usually start with the drive sprocket. If you are going to transplant the engine but keep the same gears don't break your chain! Use the chain to hold the gear in place by bracing the back wheel by the spokes with a padded bar or using the rear brake while you take the nut off.  If you're doing just the engine you can just loosen the back wheel and slide it forward to put some slack in it.  After that, drain all the fluids and remove the oil cooler and radiator.  Next would be the exhaust then undo all wiring connected to the engine from top to bottom and move it completely out of the way.  After that you're set to remove the motor mounts.  Schnitz Racing has the castle nut sockets you're looking for http://www.schnitzracingstore.com/catalogs/catalog.asp?prodid=3407749&showprevnext=1 Depending on what you're doing, you can lower the entire bike onto a dolly placed beneath the engine after you've removed the wheels then just lift the frame off the engine.  The other way is to undo the head mounting bolts then support the engine while first undoing the rear upper motor mount then tilting the engine down and removing the lower rear mount.  
  Can be done by one person but easier with two.