Service Manual — page 289 of 715
Engine Top End › Piston Removal
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ENGINE TOP END 5-39
Cylinder, Pistons
• Position the crankshaft at #2, 3 piston TDC.
•○Install the twoauxiliary
Prepare two head bolts with their head cut.
cylinder head bolts [A] diagonally in the
crankcase.
•Install the cylinder block [B].
Pistons [C]
○First insert the #2, 3 pistons, and then rotate the crank-
shaft at 90° angle, and insert the #1, 4 pistons.
○Insert the piston rings with your thumbs or the flat tip
screwdriver.
•Install the removed parts (see appropriate chapters).
Piston Removal
• Remove the cylinder (see Cylinder Removal).
• Place a clean cloth under the pistons and remove the pis-
ton pin snap ring [A] from the outside of each piston.
• Using the piston pin puller assembly [A], remove the pis-
ton pins.
Special Tool - Piston Pin Puller Assembly: 57001-910
• Remove the pistons.
• Carefully spread the ring opening with your thumbs and
then push up on the opposite side of the ring [A] to remove
it.
• Remove the 3-piece oil ring with your thumbs in the same
manner.