Anyone pull an engine by themselves?

[Smokinapankake]

I used the layover on its side method on my 82 1000 with no trouble at all. No scratched frames, no broken fins, no bloody fingers. BUT... I laid my engine into one of those big laundry detergent buckets like you get at Costco. Seemed about the right height as the frame was resting on jackstands at the time. I plan to use the same method in reverse to put it back in.

 

[RJ]

OK Madjack, I get the part about lifting the engine up with the comealong, but how do just roll the chassis away? Is the sling brought from the side of the engine for a sort of diagonal lift?

 

[Giblet]

And pay attention to which side the engine is designed to come out on. It's important.... :-\\\

Just did it. Thought about the on the side method, but I was able to Conan it out through the right side. It's heavy, but not THAT heavy.

Jacked up the engine and wrestled it out the right side and flopped on to a 4 inch thick piece of construction type foam block.

RIGHT SIDE?!?!?!?! NOW you tell me! Where were you guys last Saturday?!?!?!? :dancing: Good thing it was only the lower end or I'd be in traction.

 

[madjack57754]

Yup, Come in to the right side of the backbone and when the engine is hanging,I just drag/pull the roller off to one side a bit then a couple more tugs on the come a long, and the chassis can be rolled away

 

[Don-lo]

Here is my idea for removing a motor, but I haven't had a chance lately to try it. Use a barbell bar (solid steel, 1", 5 ft long, found in basement or garage sales) and suspend it from the ceiling with 2 come-alongs. Take it through the frame, above the motor, with the motor close to one end of the bar. Attach the motor to the bar so it can slide (clamps through the intake mounts? tie-down straps?). Raise the motor with the come-alongs. Even if it not perfectly balanced, the majority of the weight will be suspended. Guide the motor out by sliding along the bar, and lowering after clear. If the bar wants to swing, it can be anchored. If the bar is suspended from the floor (no come-alongs), the bike can be raised/lowered by inflating/deflating tires or by jacks on the frame.

It should be a one man operation, without the resulting disk operation.