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Installing Engine One Man Job?
Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 4:15 pm
by gazza2008au
i have ordered a replacement engine for my ZX7 i can remove the old engine by using a tie down supported by the frame but can the new engine be installed by 1 person as its pretty hard to get other people to give me a hand there always busy or uncontactable
Re: Installing Engine One Man Job?
Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 4:26 pm
by Jonno
Straddle the frame (assuming tank and seat are removed) leg each side with strap over your shoulders from engine, jack and block of wood and have pry bars/ bolts ready to stick in the holes. Takes a few goes to get it right, be persistent
Re: Installing Engine One Man Job?
Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2011 9:17 pm
by JonW
Or use a handy forklift...
Re: Installing Engine One Man Job?
Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2011 9:31 pm
by gazza2008au
we got the engine in today my cousin came over to give me a hand he wanted to see how an engine went into a bike he rides my old R6 we used a car trolley jack to support the engine and hold it in place just one of the top mounting adjusters were seized and wouldnt budge how can i fix this? i have it soaking over night in WD-40
Re: Installing Engine One Man Job?
Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2011 8:40 pm
by tim
Get this sorted?
Re: Installing Engine One Man Job?
Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2011 8:49 pm
by aardvark
I out the engine into the RD on my own once. Put my back out and could barely walk for two weeks.
Re: Installing Engine One Man Job?
Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2011 10:54 pm
by gazza2008au
yeah it was a 2 man job plus a trolley jack there is no way i could have done it alone the courier said the engine weighed 70kg when he dropped it off
Re: Installing Engine One Man Job?
Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 12:41 am
by seiko1
Get this bloke to give you a hand
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Re: Installing Engine One Man Job?
Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 9:04 am
by Jonno
gazza2008au wrote:yeah it was a 2 man job plus a trolley jack there is no way i could have done it alone the courier said the engine weighed 70kg when he dropped it off
I have seen Gos do this himself with an 750 engine into a full cradle frame, no jacks nothing other than the over the shoulder strap/rope method and me putting in a few bolts which I am sure he could have done himself.
I have used this method with a Holden red motor before and a trolley jack walking it in to a HQ and bolting it to the bell housing, remarkably easy if you do it right.
Re: Installing Engine One Man Job?
Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 9:53 am
by MickLC
I've done a ZX9R engine and a z650 engine by myself, just with a trolley jack and some lumps of wood....the ZX9R engine was heaps easier.
aardvark wrote:I out the engine into the RD on my own once. Put my back out and could barely walk for two weeks.
How? They weigh nothing!
Re: Installing Engine One Man Job?
Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 9:57 am
by the kid
I have taken a couple of 125 motors out . The Victa was by far the hardest .
Re: Installing Engine One Man Job?
Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 12:21 pm
by Jonno
MickLC wrote:I've done a ZX9R engine and a z650 engine by myself, just with a trolley jack and some lumps of wood....the ZX9R engine was heaps easier.
aardvark wrote:I out the engine into the RD on my own once. Put my back out and could barely walk for two weeks.
How? They weigh nothing!
I bet it had something to do with shoe-horning it in
Re: Installing Engine One Man Job?
Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 2:56 pm
by aardvark
Jonno wrote:MickLC wrote:I've done a ZX9R engine and a z650 engine by myself, just with a trolley jack and some lumps of wood....the ZX9R engine was heaps easier.
aardvark wrote:I put the engine into the RD on my own once. Put my back out and could barely walk for two weeks.
How? They weigh nothing!
I bet it had something to do with shoe-horning it in
har-bloody-har.
Mick, it involved me trying to hold the bike up, as it had fallen off of the rear stand, and refusing to let go of the engine.
Re: Installing Engine One Man Job?
Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 7:01 pm
by Strika
For anyone with a beam frame. Lay the rolling chassis on some carpet or a rug or something soft if it is a road bike. Then slide the motor into the frame, slide in the bolts, then stand it up on it's wheels and tension the bolts up. I removed two motors and refitted one in the pits at Broadford in 05/05??? using this method. I have a bad back, so don't have the ability to lift much. This way, it's very little physical strength needed. Perfect for me!!