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Originally Posted by
Chalk Two
I understand the bit about locking up the counter weight of the crank shaft but that may rely on your rod jamming against some part of the aluminium engine casing, I guess, which wouldn't be advised as that potentially loose shaft nut needs to be torqued to 80nm (manual's spec, I think) but is often torqued to 120nm by those of us that have done this job.....twice on two engines in my case. I know you don't like the sound of using rags but it seems to be the least aggressive way of locking the transmission beyond obtaining the correct tool.
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The casing is quite beefy at the crank vent hole, I used an aluminium drift with no damage to the casing as the end result.
The concern I had with jamming the gears is the bending force on the clutch shaft as the gears try to move apart. It�s obviously been done many times before with success so probably not an issue.