Bearing caps...disassemble?

[TYSHO]

Can someone please inform me on any particular way the rod bearing caps are suppose to come off? I dropped everything down and unbolted cylinder #1 and nothing. It's like stuck on there or something. I locked a set of vise grips on it and it didn't help any. Any suggestions? I've already tried pushing the piston up, but it didn't budge anything and I had the spark plug out of the cylinder to help too. I tried the next rod cap and the samething.

Any help or advice is helpful. I've got to the point were I left it alone and it's been sitting for 3 days, ready to reassemble then sell. It's not a choice I want to make, but they just won't budge. And I don't want to bang it all up and break the stud on the rod. So is it safe to grab two hammers and strike both studs at the same time and hope it breaks loose? shrug

Last question. When I turn the crank, on the driver's side, I hear air pressure from the cylinders. Is this a sign of bad piston rings or is it normal depending on what stroke it's on?

TIA guys/gals.

<small>[ November 21, 2003, 07:09 PM: Message edited by: TYSHO ]</small>

 

[AutoSHO]

Use a small block of wood against the studs and a hammer to pop it loose.

 

[TYSHO]

Thanks for the respond/advice. thumb I'll try that later on during the night or tommorow.

Still wondering about the pressure sound from drivers side 2 cylinders.

 

[Rockledge]

Sounds like yours are a little stickier than mine were, so I don't know if it will help in your case, but I found the following tip from this thread worked well for me:

13. Loosen the two rod end cap nuts and unscrew a few turns.

14. With the 13mm socket and extension still on the nut, tap on the socket extension with a hammer to separate rod end.

<small>[ November 21, 2003, 10:42 PM: Message edited by: Rockledge ]</small>

 

[Off Road SHO]

As you turn the crank slowly, you are either compressing air on the compression stroke or getting rid of it on the exhaust stroke. Either way, air is escaping through a valve and that is the hiss you hear. It's not a problem.

Use the above trick with the rod nuts on a few turns, that garrantees that you will be driving it towards the piston.

The oil that surrounds the bearing surfaces causes a suction that makes it difficult to separate everything.

Tom