Found my oil leak - cylinder gasket
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Entire head was removed with no problem. But cylinder won’t come off. I’m worried I now have to pull the entire engine out. Don’t have a flywheel puller - way too much $$$ for a one time job. Was trying to remove cylinder with engine in place. So hard to access all the places where I can hammer.
4. Remove the two 6 mm cylinder base bolts.
5. Loosen each of the four large cylinder base bolts 1/4 turn
at a time in a criss-cross pattern until loose and remove
bolts.
NOTE: The bolts are inside the water jacket.
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Originally Posted by old polaris tech
If you cracked the cylinder I didn't exactly save the day for you.. Oh well you said you were planning on replacing it as a kit..
The kit I’m looking at has a new tensioner plus the cylinder. The chain slipped again - so I’m assuming it’s the tensioner. Timing was not off, but chain was lined up the way I had set it before.
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That's what I was thinking too. Chains stretch over time and it would be easier to change it now than to go back and do it later.
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Nope gotta pull the flywheel. Not that big of a deal as you can rent a harmonic balancer puller at most auto parts houses for a small refundable deposit rather than buying one if you wish. Mark the stator plate and case with a pin punch even if you may have marks on it anyway. This makes sure you have stator timing correct when you reinstall it. Make sure the lower crank sprocket is tight. Left hand threads on the slotted nut holding it in place on the woodruff key so be careful.Just a simple tap with a punch and hammer to make sure. Look at the manual carefully as it shows how to time the chain up correctly with the plated links. Look at these pics that a member took when he timed his up. One plated link on the lower sprocket mark,two plated links on the two dots on the cam sprocket.https://atvconnection.com/forums/pol...ml#post3305250