Gees guys ! . Are you all suffering from a major hangover from new years eve?? .
Today I went out and started working on the V-Max.
I was wondering if I had to remove the primary, the answer was there when I opened the hood, hehe. (it has to come off, not only to get the engine out of the fram, but also in order to change the pto seal).
Last year I removed a primary from a friends 1996 V-Max 600 XT (which was a hell) and I still had the puller lying around.
How I locked the primary. How does the pro`s do it?. I used a steel wire and an iron tube... works great.
The bolt loosened pretty easy. I installed the puller started to tighten it. I put MUCH force on it, nothing happened. Then I tried heating it with a propane heater, but nothing happened. (the propan heater did the job when I removed the primary on that XT).
I took the puller out and as I expected it was really bent. And yes, it had been touching the threads in the crank so I guess I have to get a 1/2 " UNF threading (what`s it called in english?) and freshen up the threads before isntalling the primary, if I get it off.. .
The puller was a little bent from the beginning, so I guess that`s why the primary didn`t pop opp, puller wasn`t "stiff" enough from the beginning.
I`m going to order a new puller now and hopefully I`ll have it in my mailbox on wednesday. Then I will do try the greasetrick (does it work??, didn`t work on that XT) , and I will heat the innerside of the primary much before I start putting force on the puller.
After not having any luck with the primary, I removed the exhaust pipes, the carbs and the starting "house" .
I have a few questions now that I hope someone can answer.
How is the water pump belt tightened?.
I can see that the water pump belt sheave that is mounted on the flywheel are mounted with 4 screws, should I remove the sheave?.
There is a giant nut in the middle of the waterpump belt sheave, is this the one holding the flywheel?. (I guess it is, sorry for beeing stupid).
Do I need a special puller in order to get the flywheel off?.
I have a few "standard" pullers with three claws... what tool do you use?. Pictures would be great

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Gees I am soo looking forward to getting the engine out and into my nice & warm workshop and then tear it apart.
Rich gave me a really good price on a Wiseco piston kit, 200$ for (two pistons, rings, wrist pins, circlips, bearings and all the gaskets I need) so I think I will order it`?. I know Wiseco is a known piston brand but I think it was a little too cheap?. Are the "cheap" Wiseco`s as good as the stock pistons?. Stupid question maybe.. .
The cylinders in this engine have a nicasil coating (I think, will find that out when I remove them though) and I honing them sounds scary if you ask me?.
The other day I spoke with my brother, he told me something wierd.
The cylinders/piston doesn`t wear even, like, a cylinder might be oval. What happens when you put a perfectly round piston in it?. In theory it means that your compression might not be as good as you`d like it to be after putting new pistons in an engine, but then again, worn out rings woun`t do much good so... well enough speculations.
Wellwell.. oh, how do you guys drain the cooling system ?. (the right way of doing it).