Engine Strip - Preparation

 I've never done an engine strip before.  It always seemed to me to be a job that required a load of expensive tools and involved masses of complicated procedures.  I've always assumed that if I ever got one apart, I would never get it back together again.  Perhaps I am right.  In any case, it would not have been possible to ride this bike with this motor without doing this.  We have already taken out so much metal debris, it is likely that there are other damaged parts and more metal scooting about inside.  Let's see. Firstly, don't forget this little nut just under the sprocket.

Take out the top bolts first.

 

And this one that holds one of the cam tensioner running plates.

 You will need the pistons to be removed before the cases come apart - at least on cylinders 1 and 4.  Pistons look quite new.  Obviously the pistons and cylinder liners were replaced after the catastrophic clutch explosion.  Too bad all the other metal parts were left inside.

Next off was the clutch.
 
 Which, along with other parts in the engine, was retained by a nice APE nut.

And a very nasty stop washer and retainer.

And let's see if we can get the rotor off.  The nut came off really easily with my new power impact driver.

 Just as well I know someone with the right tools.

 But even that wouldn't get it off.

 So we left it on.