I have reached a point of stuckness with the strip and rebuild of my GSA.
I want to get the egine cases stripped, cleaned and repainted before sending the frame off for powder coating. All was going smoothly, alebit a lot slower than I had hoped; this is no surprise given just how many pieces there are on and in a GSA
I am now stuck getting the timing gears off the crankshaft and the countershaft. There are BMW exactors for this purpose, but I do not intend to do this too often, so cannot justify the cost.
Does anyone have the 2 extractors and is willing to hire them to me, I am guessing that some form of deposit equal to their replacement cost would be a suitable safeguard?
I am down in Ashford, Kent and work long days, ( gone at 07:00 and not back home until after 19:30 weekdays, ) before anyone suggests dropping round to their workshop - which would be a perfect solution, if only I lived anywhere near the majority of tossers that have their own workshops...
Otherwise anyone got any great ideas for removing them? I have 2 and 3-legged pullers, but they arenot shifting the gears, so I guess they are on damn tight. I am gettkng ti the point of using far more force than is healthy and still they do not budge, even with heat.
I want to get the egine cases stripped, cleaned and repainted before sending the frame off for powder coating. All was going smoothly, alebit a lot slower than I had hoped; this is no surprise given just how many pieces there are on and in a GSA
I am now stuck getting the timing gears off the crankshaft and the countershaft. There are BMW exactors for this purpose, but I do not intend to do this too often, so cannot justify the cost.
Does anyone have the 2 extractors and is willing to hire them to me, I am guessing that some form of deposit equal to their replacement cost would be a suitable safeguard?
I am down in Ashford, Kent and work long days, ( gone at 07:00 and not back home until after 19:30 weekdays, ) before anyone suggests dropping round to their workshop - which would be a perfect solution, if only I lived anywhere near the majority of tossers that have their own workshops...
Otherwise anyone got any great ideas for removing them? I have 2 and 3-legged pullers, but they arenot shifting the gears, so I guess they are on damn tight. I am gettkng ti the point of using far more force than is healthy and still they do not budge, even with heat.
