My cylinder is stuck!

[Steven]

My cylinder seems pretty well stuck to the case.

I've tried a hitting it with rubber malet, tapping it softly with a hammer, and prying lightly with a screw driver between the cooling fins and case.

What is the trick to getting it un-stuck?

Thanks, Steve.

[Ryan]

Well im no mechanic but it could be your bearings, I don't think that is it though. Maybe you melted it to the cylinder to the wall. Check for weld marks. You might of blew it up. Or maybe you seized it.

[TRX_Thumper]

stupid question but u did take off the 2 small 10mm cylinder bolts i think near the bottom on the cylinder right?

[Steven]

Yea, I took them off TRX thumber.

Ryan88, thanks for the reply but spare me.

[Ryan]

What? Well I tried to help. I said im no mechanic. Call up somebody who knows about that like a dealer or just the local mechanic shop and im sure they might know.

[TRX_Thumper]

the only bearings in a 4 stroke are in the lower end...that has nothing to do with gettin the cylinder off...i had this problem when i rebuilt an old 230 quadsport of mine...course it was 16 year old.....i just gave it a few hard hits...so why did u tear down the motor? if it was in good runnin order that would eliminate the rings comin out of the groove and grindin into the cylinder...i dunno man...??

[BadA$$440]

Hey steven, when i took mine off if was pretty stuck on there, all did was take a block of wood against the cylinder, hit it a couple times with a BFH, then do it on the other side. And keep doing that till it pops off.