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Yanking cylinders on a TO-30...any tips?

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Steve in NC

02-22-2002 17:29:04




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I've got a '52 TO-30 getting new valves, pistons, cylinders, clutch, throw-out bearing...the usual suspects. I've just popped the pistons and started yanking the cylinders...I've taken a few pulls with a 9 lb slide hammer on the #1 cylinder, and got a slight bit of movement, but not terribly encouraging. Fortunately saved by the dinner bell...for now.

Any suggestions or tips before I resume? Do they pop loose or is it fight the entire way? I'm wondering if trying a block of wood and a floor jack from underneath might be less effort to break them loose.

Also, the journals are not scored but I haven't mic'd them out. I had planned on reusing the existing bearings but am having second thoughts. What kind of trouble am I asking for by a) re-installing the existing, b) installing a new standard sized set, or c) installing a slightly undersized set or d) none of the above? Any perspective will be appreciated. Thanks.

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Steve in NC

02-25-2002 19:41:49




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 Re: Yanking cylinders on a TO-30...any tips? in reply to Steve in NC, 02-22-2002 17:29:04  
Thanks for all your suggestions. I wound up pulling the crank (thanks for the prompting, Mark H. Even though the rod journals looked good, the main journals need to be reground), and using Big Dean's improvised engine stand, I was able to easily drive them out from the bottom using a 2x4 block and a rubber mallet.



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Mark Hendershot

02-25-2002 21:18:00




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 Re: Re: Yanking cylinders on a TO-30...any tips? in reply to Steve in NC, 02-25-2002 19:41:49  
Glad they came out for you. It worked for me that way. Mark H.



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Todd TX

02-25-2002 16:08:51




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 Re: Yanking cylinders on a TO-30...any tips? in reply to Steve in NC, 02-22-2002 17:29:04  
Steve,
My dad and I overhauled my TO-35 last year. At the time he owned an irrigation engine shop. We used a device specifically designed for pulling sleeves. I remember my dad saying that he rented this tool out for about $25. I would bet you could borrow a similar tool from a machine shop. It worked wonderfully, and it reduces the chance scarring the head surface.
Good Luck



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Jack M, UK

02-25-2002 13:28:23




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 Re: Yanking cylinders on a TO-30...any tips? in reply to Steve in NC, 02-22-2002 17:29:04  
I asked in the MF forum about pulling the piston liners from a 3cyl MF35, and Jack Fowler wrote this for me....
If you have a torch you can heat a line straight up and down the length of the liner, when it cools it will be smaller and you can pull it out you can also split the liner with a small sharp screwdriver from the bottom.
Hope this helps, I havn't tried it yet!
Jack M, UK



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Evan MacDonald

02-25-2002 10:16:23




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 Re: Yanking cylinders on a TO-30...any tips? in reply to Steve in NC, 02-22-2002 17:29:04  
It's not long since I did the engine in my TO 35, the sleeves were in there and good... I tried everything, and, ended up making a puller, and, nearly stripped the piece of �" theraded rod that I had in it... Once you get the o-rings clear of the block at the bottom(a couple inches) the sleeves will come out easily. I suggest you make a puller.
Evan MacDonald



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Mark H.

02-22-2002 18:42:31




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 Re: Yanking cylinders on a TO-30...any tips? in reply to Steve in NC, 02-22-2002 17:29:04  
Once they pop you should be able to just push them out, It is a wet sleeve and dose not have a jacket around it. If you are going as far as you have allready don't stop now, change the bearings and mic the crank and if it is OK put new bearings in of the right size or re/grind it and go with the set to match the grind. Carful not to crack the block with the puller hitting the edge of the hole the sleeve is in. You should only have to make the sleeve go flush on the bottom and it should come out. In fact they may just pop 1/2 way out when hit. Mark H.

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Mark Hendershot

02-22-2002 18:19:46




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 Re: Yanking cylinders on a TO-30...any tips? in reply to Steve in NC, 02-22-2002 17:29:04  
I removed a set from a block before with a 2X4 and a small hand sledge 3 lb I think. If the crank is out you can hit them square and they will pop out. Follow the book on putting them back in. The wood should be a hard type or it will split soon. There may be other ways but I found it real easy to do. Mark H.



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