<VV> Rod Cap Removal

[Mark Durham]

You could always gently tap the end of the rod bolt with a plastic hammer to
move the top half of the rod and piston away from the crank journal and
seperate the lower rod cap, that also works well.Mark Durham

On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 3:54 PM, Barry Gershenfeld <gbarry42 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Dennis' advice is dead on.  Plus Frank's addition "keep wiggling".  I don't
> think I've ever resorted to banging on one of these, and I don't like
> sticking a tool anywhere that's been machined (I'm talking about the seam
> between rod and cap, here).  So, you just grab the cap at each end near the
> seam, and pull straight up.  What happens is that one side comes up before
> the other, and it jams.  So, push it back down flat, then try again.  This
> time the other side comes up first, and jams.  Push it back down flat and
> try to pull up evenly.  A little wiggling as you pull may help get it free.
> The secret is perseverance, and after about a minute of this pushing and
> pulling nonsense it suddenly comes straight off, leaving you to wonder what
> all the fuss is about.  Then you try the next one, and you are at it again
> for another minute.
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