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Yep. Looked at bottom end disassembly. Any tricks if I stay with bottom end off only. Certainly a stand would be helpful. R

I had mine on blocks. Be sure you get all the little bolts on the top or it will make for one really FKed up day.
Steve

swest wrote: I had mine on blocks. Be sure you get all the little bolts on the top or it will make for one really FKed up day.
Steve

+1
Since the seal has lips, it seems to me that the mains will have to be loosened enough to drop th crank enough to allow the lips to clear the case upper half.

Tensioner out enough slack to do it? R

Yes but be careful though.
Steve

They often leak when put back into service after sitting for a long time, I've had it happen to a few of the old Kaws that I've resurrected. Usually it's the top end gaskets that spring a leak in the first few hours of running. You've spent a lot of time and effort to get as far as you've gotten with this project, and my suggestion would be to do the top end gaskets, o-rings, and valve seals while you have the motor out. And you can do the paint job that you mention above. Then you're done, and you'll have a solid 3500 mi bike that will go many thousands of trouble free miles. It would really be a bummer to pull the motor to do that crank seal, and then have to pull it again after you ride it a few times.

Sound advice thanks. Gonna try sealer for now short term and run her some, maybe sell. I am curious about the split, never done a kz before. Vulcan v twin yes, but this will be interesting. R

Well I put the sealer on and it is slowed but still leaking. Just a drop or two. I put in straight SAE30 last week and had quite a bit of clutch slippage. The slip was at full power in 3rd and up 7-8k rpm plus. It didn't slip on my last ride, only thing different is the oil. Still on the fence between splitting case or selling it for what I can get for it. It was fun ti ride even in the 34 degree temps today. More to come. R

It's possible it will quit when it gets hot and run for a while. Be patient. It will warm up soon, then you can decide if it will quit or work on it.
Steve

Ya, it was cold.

Everything shrinks when it's cold. That's why I didn't like going skinny dipping.
Steve

If the oil is a little over-full, that can cause a little clutch slippage.