Cylinder Liner/Sleeve Removal

Mokicker · Sep 4, 2013

Couldn"t budge second liner typical hammer and block method; so, used first liner as pattern and cut plate to fit bottom of liner to serve as puller. Still couldn"t budge it with breaker bar. Neighbor boy stuck a cheater pipe on it and the bottom of the liner broke. He did manage to pop up about a quarter inch; but, it seems to be just as stuck as before.

Where do we go from here?

Thanks,
Carl

steve(ill) · Sep 4, 2013

get a 3/4 inch all thread rod and run it thru the liner. put your plate on the bottom, and a flat bar on two block on top an inch above the deck. Use an impact gun to tighten the nuts on allthread and will pull the liner up straight without breaking. A chunk off one liner may not be bad if it is small and below the piston level..and o-rings seal area... check.

old · Sep 4, 2013

Would help to know what your working on. One trick is to fill the water jacket with hot water an then try again. Fill let sit a few minutes then dump and try to drive the sleeve out. That heats the block but no so much the sleeve,

Tramway Guy · Sep 5, 2013

Wet or dry sleeve? Dry sleeves might have loctite on them.

rustred · Sep 5, 2013

get the welder out and weld 2 beads 180 from each other on the inside, u will then pull them out with your fist. better be good welder if its a dry sleeve though.

Ted in NE-OH · Sep 5, 2013

If you got 1/4 in add lubricant and pound it back in and then out again. Work it back and forth, each time you will get more.

rustred · Sep 5, 2013

and last resort , take the old sleeve to machine shop and get a puck built that fits in sleeve bottom. this will have a step on it so it pulls straight up. 100.00 later you will get the sleeve out. dont forget the 3/4" ready rod.

Dick L · Sep 6, 2013

If the sleeves are in tight you might as well use a sponge rather than a block of wood. I use a heavy steel bar and a very heavy hammer. The engine in the picture had been set up for years. After the head, pan, front cover, the rear seal was removed and on blocks I had it looking like you see it in the picture in ten minutes. Less time if the sleeves are not stuck bad. I have never broke a block or even cracked many sleeves. To break a sleeve you have to put a shock with the sledge at an angle. That happens with splitting wood blocks or not being able to keep it straight up and down on the edge of the sleeve. With the longer steel bar you know if you cocked or straight when you pound with the sledge.

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