Not too bad. Takes about 30-45min if you know what you are doing.


Remove
1. tank
2. airbox
3.throttle bodies. Do not disconnect the cables place a shirt around them so they dont scratch the frame. Move them out of the way so you can access the top of the motor.
4. Radiator, leave hoses attached to radiator disconnect from motor.
5. Exhuast, and radiator bracket.
6 Disconnect all wiring. and remove rectifier and horn. do not remove ground wire from motor. disconnect it from battery. Remove + from motor.
7 disconnect pair valve hosing from valve cover.
8. remove chain from rear sprocet.
9. remove front motor mounts.
10. Loosen rear motor mounts using 14 mm sockets. do not remove bolts. Loosen engine mounting thrust adjuster. I think 19mm 6point socket. Remove engine mounting thrust adjuster lock nut, should be finger tight after you loosen the thrust adjuster. Remove rear top bolt. Let engine rest with the lower bolt still in place.
11. remove chain from rear sprocet. Remove front sprocet cover, secure out of the way, remove chain from front sprocket.
12. Double check all electrical connections are disconnected and there is nothing you have overlooked.
13. Lift motor strait up to remove tension on rear bottom bolt. Remove bolt. Set motor down.

I am going off of memory so I might have overlooked something but I should have covered most of it. biggest time saver is not disconnecting the throttle bodies from the throttle cables. This is not a bad job, the first time doing it you might swear a couple of times.

 

Get the right tools, and a service manual.

 

Ahhh yes. The service manual which can be found on this site as well. Couldn't ask for better help guys. Thanks.

 

Any of you guys know off the top of your heads how many hrs of labor shops charge to pull an engine? (I know its more than an hour).

 

I can tell you tomorrow when I go back to work. I guess around 4 hours.

 

If you know what you're doing it only takes a 1/2 hr tops.

I think Stymie has it all there. I pulled mine about 3 weeks ago.
Sometimes the bottom engine bolt sleve things are a pain. Nothing that a flathead screwdriver and a hamer can't fix.

I lowered the front with a jack then removed the lower mount bolts. lifted-kicked jack away-set down (ever so gingerly)-pivoted - lift and came out the bottom/side.

 

Flat rate is 3.4 hours by our flat rate chart.

 

Just curious, but why are you swapping motors?

 

small peter

 

When droping engine you are supposed to support it with the jack. Where exactly do you put it??? Don't want to crack the case. Picture would help.

 

I'll probably get a lot of shit, but I placed the jack on the headers. Then I lifted and steadied the engine, my buddy dropped the jack, I lifted it up and he pulled jack out. At which point, we lifted it up and set it on a bench. If the bike wasn't on a rear stand we would have had trouble sliding it out of the frame, without dragging it on the floor. The whole pulling and replacing of the engine was easier than I had anticipated. Though it did take me longer than 1/2 hr to pull. The hardest part was probably slipping the chain and front sprocket off, or snaking all the cables and wires through the front shrowd correctly. Their was a little head scratching with that but otherwise wasn't bad. :dunno

 

Good man glad it wasn't too hard for ya.