Removing The Rear Cylinder Head; Removing The Rear Piston; Setting The Engine To Ignition Top Dead Center Of The Front Cylinder; Removing The Front Timing Chain Tensioner - KTM 1190 RC8 EU 2008 Repair Manual

30/DISASSEMBLING THE ENGINE

Removing the rear cylinder head

19.11

Removing the rear piston

19.12

Setting the engine to ignition top dead center of the front cylinder

19.13

Removing the front timing chain tensioner

19.14
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Remove nuts
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Alternately loosen screws
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Take off the cylinder head. Remove the cylinder head gasket.
200321-10
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Carefully pull off the cylinder.
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Make sure that the two pins remain in place. Remove the cylinder base gasket.
200322-10
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Remove piston pin retainer
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Do not damage the groove of the oil scraper ring!
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Remove the piston pin and take off the piston.
200323-10
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Loosen special tool
Engine blocking screw (61229015000) (
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Keep the timing chain tensioned.
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Continue turning the crankshaft counterclockwise until markings
camshafts are flush with the edge of the cylinder head.
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Screw special tool
200327-10
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Remove screw
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Pull out timing chain tensioner
200325-11
with the washers.
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and remove them.
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by several turns.
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back in.
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with O-ring .
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of the front
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