Rotax 277, 277 Rotax engine manual disassembly instructions.

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Rotax engine manual disassembly instructions.

DISMOUNTING OF ENGINE

1) Clean engine before dismounting.

2) Screw off exhaust socket.

Tool:hex. socket screw key 6 mm

Dismount cylinder cowl and fan cowl with rewind starter.

Tool: socket wrench 10/13 mm

Screw off carburetor socket

Tool: hex. socket screw key 6 mm

Fix crankshaft to top dead center through the impulse connection.

Tool: crankshaft fixation bolt 876 640

Unscrew starting pulley, 

Tool: socket wrench 10 mm

Fix puller ring on the magneto housing with 3 hex. screws

M8 x 25.

Tools: puller ring 876 655

hex socket screw key 5 mm

Unscrew crankshaft nut, mag. side

Tool: Socket wrench 27 mm with extension (or torque wrench)magpuller.jpg (280957 bytes)

Place protection mushroom on crankshaft and screw puller into puller ring, then pull off the magneto housing (see ill. no.

Tools: Protection cap 876 557, puller ring 876 655 puller for magneto housing 876 065 fork wrench or socket wrench 22

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Dismount ignition coil 

Tools: 

Socket wrench, screwdriver

Mark armature plate position to crankcase for re-assembly. Screw off armature plate, remove cable grommet and pull through wiring harness.circliptool.jpg (266995 bytes)

Tools: 

Hexagon socket screw key 4 mm screwdriver

Unscrew cylinder head nuts 

Tool: Socket wrench 13 mm

13) Take off cylinder head, cylinder head gasket, cylinder and cylinder base gasket.

14) Cover opening in crankcase with a clean cloth.

15) Remove piston pin circlips (see ill. no. 2)

Tool: 

Small screwdriver, shaped as shown on ill. no. 2.

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Push piston pin out by hand.

Tool: 

Suitable punch for piston pin.

Attention:

When pushing out the piston pin, the piston must be firmly held bypinpusher.jpg (251704 bytes) hand to prevent bending of the connecting rod (see ill. no. 3).

Dismount, crankcase and remove crankshaft. Remove the 5 hex. screws with socket wrench i3 mm.

Push crankshaft out of crankcase half, p.t.o. side, with a puller.

Procedure:

Screw puller and puller plate together and fix them on crankcase,crankcasesplit.jpg (355585 bytes) p.t.o. side (2 hex. screws M8 x 25).

Attention: 

Use protection mushroom 876 552.

Then push crankshaft out of the crankcase by turning the puller screw to the right with wrench 22 mm (see ill. no. 4).

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Take crankcase gaskets carefully off.

After removing the crankshaft from the crankcase, p.t.o. side, remove puller with plate. The puller itself need not be screwed off the plate. The puller with plate is then placed on crank- case, mag. side, and is fixed by 2 screws M8 x 100. Use protection mushroom 876 557.

ATTENTION:

To avoid damage to the crankcase sealing surface, shims have to be used by all means and the nuts have to be tightened by hand 
(see ill. no. 5).crankcasesplit2.jpg (606964 bytes)

Tools:

puller plate 876 705 
puller assy. 876 296
2 cyl. screws M8 x 100 
2 washers 8.4 mm 
2 hex. nuts M8 
protection mushroom 876 552 protection mushroom 876 557

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Removing of ball bearing from crankshaft

see ill. #6.bearingpuller.jpg (1444297 bytes)

Put ring halves for bearing 6306 over ball bearing.

Put outer ring over ring halves 276 020.

Use protection mushroom 876 552 or 876 557.

Fix puller by 2 cyl. screws M8 x 40 to the ring halves. Pull off ball bearing by burning the puller screw to the right.

Repeat procedure for ball bearing 
6206 with ring halves 977 470.

 

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