How to re-sleeve a cylinder

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  • jmeperu

Posted 11 October 2009 - 05:08 PM

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This was done on a 400cc single but it works on twins and 4 cyl's as well. Clean your cylinder and get as much oil out as possible and freeze your new sleeve or sleeves.

Use an oven to heat to 450 deg F

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push cylinder down and most of the time the sleeve or sleeves will pop up

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use an oven mitt or welding glove to pull the sleeves out. if they dont pull out then gently tap them out with a large tipped punch.

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remove new sleeve from freezer and drop it in.
you will still need to have a machinist face the top of the cyl and bore it to your piston, but you saved yourself a few bucks.

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