[Ducati] Removing Crankshaft

[Rich Roberts]

I do not think any of us will disagree with Alex, Guy is pretty good. I just wish he would return tools. :)  But you would not be the first guy to take an engine apart and get it back together and have it better than factory without sending wads of cash to someone. But you would seem to be at a disadvantage in that you do not even have a shop manual and uncertain tools. I am very familair with Starrett catalog and I remember when MSC was just a small tool shop in NYC. But tools can be bought and figured out, what we do not know is how mechanically oriented you are, is this something you want to learn to do for yourself or do you simply just want to get it done. Granted some of us had help as we started down this path, I think I picked Igor and Jeff Nash's brain plenty and a good friend was old time buds with John Hoffman I think so I had folks I could turn to. heck I even had Eraldo on the phone a time or two. But you do not go there with out some base, meaning I already
 had a plan an idea and how to go about it. Some of that comes from doing and some from reading and some becuase it is something you do not mind doing. Some folks do not even want to change their own oil you know. It is okay I suppose. You do have one advantage over several of us who have been at it going on 20 years, you have this list. You have the internet. Good luck with this project. You can do it if you want. Rich

Alexander M Ortner <aortner264789mi at comcast.net> wrote:  Hi Barry
While shipping the whole thing to Guy isn't the cheapest solution it is
probably the best. Guy is a perfectionist you will get the best work he is
capable of he can't help himself.

Alex Ortner
I can’t go back and fix my mistakes 




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