Pulling an engine

How to pull an engine with no jack, only scraps of lumber, a metric socket set, and only a 7 year old as a helper.

My 7 year old son and I pulled the engine ourselves yesterday afternoon. Our procedures would be a little different, since our plan was to disassemble the engine anyway.

Rear wheel, tank, exhaust, seat, battery, radiator, thermostat, side covers, carburetors were all removed prior to beginning the project.

• Support the engine with a stack of scrap 2x4s.


• Lift the bike by the rear of the frame when inserting that last block of wood, so that the engine.is "up on blocks".


• Remove the engine bolts that mount engine to the frame


• Follow the Honda manual for removing the rear head. This is easier with the engine floating (not connected to frame) because the bolts that secure the head to the block do no clear the frame. You have to tip the engine slightly (or tip the frame) in order to accomplish this.


• Gently tip the bike onto its left side on a scrap of 3/4 plywood. This scrap is the skid that you'll use to move the engine around the garage after it is removed.
  


• What would have been lifting the engine now becomes simply rotating the engine. Easy work.


• Rotate the engine about 10% counterclockwise.


• Lift the frame off the engine.


• Tip the engine to an upright position.


• Tip the frame to an upright position.