Bucket Oops

[Riding Again]

A little help please!

Putting the head back together and had a friend help. Unfortunately, he tried placing the shim buckets back while I was away for a short bit and he got a bucket stuck.





Problem is, I can't get it out. Tried pliers on the lip, similar to pulling the other buckets; tried pliers around the bucket, no luck, but I didn't want to cause it to go out of round. Tried a little bit of dry ice on the top to shrink it, but still didn't work.

Any other suggestions?

[Steve]

Try tapping it gently in all directions to see if you can free it up.

Do this after spreading some thin oil or WD-40 around the edges.

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[tkent02]

Try tapping it gently in all directions to see if you can free it up.

Do this after spreading some thin oil or WD-40 around the edges.

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If you can see which way it is cocked, you might try tapping it lightly back to the correct alignment, go easy.

[Nessism]

No disrespect but there is foreign material all over that bucket. You need to do a better job keeping everything CLEAN. Get some spray brake cleaner and hose off all the parts - flush away the foreign material and then lay the part on clean news paper. After the parts dry off, oil them and place them in the engine without letting them touch anything else. Make sure your hands are clean also.

Good luck.

[Riding Again]

Tapping worked!!! Thanks.

By the way, the material seen on the bucket is from the dry ice, and a dirty lens.

I've been using nitrile gloves and a layer of papers to isolate the work and covering the parts as they await placement. No offense taken, and a good reminder to practice safe mechanicing. Thanks.