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CB750 Barn find project - First Timer
Rob62:
It should come out with two people holding it, too heavy for one. Put a load of rags round the frame and remove the exhaust stubs first then carefully lift out
Nurse Julie:
Agree with Rob, the more protection you give the frame, the better. But, too much protection, you wont have room left to lift it out. Still very difficult to do even with 2 people, if you twist or tilt the engine in the frame even by a few mm, it will get wedged and then it is a nightmare. It is a pain but in the long run, stripping the bike down and lifting frame off is easier in the long run.
K2-K6:
In the dim and distant past we always lifted them out of the bike standing up, it's only on here currently that I've seen the lay down method.
Quite a few done on F2 for the valve guides etc.
Usually strip anything possible off, newspapers about five sheets thick and taped around the frame tubes to stop chipping anything, get a box or similar to load the engine out onto and with two people you can juggle it out. if you got a support like the box you can stop and look round it at any point to see how you've got to move it.
With exhaust stubs removed and looking from the rhs it rotates a little clockwise to get the rear of the cases to clear the frame but it's only by a few millimeter. It only just clears.
I suppose with a bit of lateral thought you may be able to use a lift. If you got something like a 7inch roof joist and put it vertically across the back where the carbs go, then ratchet strapped it to the engine to secure. If you had about a couple of meters sticking out the side of the bike and got the lift closest to the engine, you could use the sticking out bit to counterbalance the engine while you withdrew it. S'pose you could call this the Catholic method with all that withdrawal going on.
Underdog1:
Maybe this is the solution!
Bryanj:
Having met you and thinking back to when i was your age and working on them all the time we used to lift them out by hand and carefully!
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