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Is there a trick to removing the oil pan from a 32 year old bike?
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Is there something I can leverage to take the thing off without damaging any of the precious aluminium one I verify I have all the bolts out? The engine is still in the frame - I had a brain fart and lost a bolt down the crankcase.
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The clymer claims there are 17 bolts. I can only find 16. Can anyone out there verify if there are 17 bolts on a '76 900?
Is there something I can leverage to take the thing off without damaging any of the precious aluminium one I verify I have all the bolts out? The engine is still in the frame - I had a brain fart and lost a bolt down the crankcase.
I would try taking a spakle knife and sharpening the front edge and try to tap it in slowly at the edges that are exposed to insertion. Just work your way around.
same tool will help scrape the gasket off.
And if you gouge the aluminum lip getting it off.... that's what the hi-temp black RTV sealer is for. You aren't the first one.:laugh:
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I have the head and jugs off the bike and I can't find the bolt, so I'm pretty certain it's somewheres below the crank. Won't I see the bottom of the crank if I remove the oil pan? Or is there a seperate compartment between the pan and the crank? I *REALLY* don't want to leave something like this bolt rolling around in the bottom of the crankcase - it scares me.
It's not like in a car engine. Looking up from under on mine, the two case halves cover almost all the crank but there are openings directly under the rods so you can see them.
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