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Step 2: With number 2 and 3 throw rotated forwards the side cover, the crank can be slide aft until No. 1 hits the center main support.

Step 3: The crank will then need to be rotated and tilted nose out ward to remove it out the back of the engine. Finding the exact rotational position is sometimes tricky and is easier if you have a person on each end of the crank.

Option: It is sometimes easier to remove the rear main housing after Step 2. Then the crank can be tilted and pulled throught the side cover openning. As Kevin wrote, removing the rear main housing from the crank can be equally frustrating. Sometimes the dowel pins are in far enough to remove the housing without pulling the pins. You will want to remove the bearing insert from the rear main housing before you try and pull it from the crank. Removing the insert will give you a little more clearance when every little bit counts.

Good Luck!

I've never been able to take a 206 crank out the rear of the crankcase. I've always had to pull it to the rear, take the rear main bearing holder off and then take the crank out the side.