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pulling panhead motor

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Is it possible to pull out a pan motor without taking off heads?It is in a later shovel frame.
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Yes, but be careful to use your legs and not your back!

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Anonymous wrote:Is it possible to pull out a pan motor without taking off heads?It is in a later shovel frame.
+1 ....most definately, now go to it!
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Cotten wrote:Yes, but be careful to use your legs and not your back!

....Cotten
Better than that, Just do what I did----I called my son. It was the easiest engine I ever put into a frame..
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Re: pulling panhead motor

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Anonymous wrote:Is it possible to pull out a pan motor without taking off heads?It is in a later shovel frame.
Depending on the state of the rest of the bike, you can always carefully lay the bike on it's side, remove the bolts, and then just lift up the frame, leaving the motor nice and tidy on the floor...

-Kuda (all about saving what's left of my back)
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