top dead center

[thelegendarycd]

i'm working on my motor on my 250x and i need to take the two caps off of the left side of the motor to find top dead center, but i don't know how to get them off. I think in the newer models they use an allen wrench sorta hole but mine just has a slot like you would use a really wide screwdriver for. i can't get them off and i'm afraid i'm gonna screw the thing up. i'll post a picture to show you what i mean. thanks

[thelegendarycd]

wait...now how do i post a picture.......

[thelegendarycd]

lets try again

[cheetah]

Looks like it has slits for a large flathead screwdriver or something, but maybe it's the lighting.:confused2

[thelegendarycd]

thats what it looks like but its way too wide and when i tried a flathead it started to bend the metal....:ermm: any other ideas?

anti seize and wd40

[300exazzkikr]

throw some wd40 on there and let it soak in, then push on the screwdriver hard and turn slowly to not strip it.

[thelegendarycd]

thats exactly what i tried....didn't work. any more ideas?

[Rocketman250r]

try a quarter in a pair of vice grips

[Varmit57]

On my old X I had made a tool from a small peice of steel, a grinder and some Vice Grips!

[thelegendarycd]

that might work....i'll try that

[thelegendarycd]

well i tried the quarter in vice grips and it didn't budge. i tried liquid wrench too but that didn't help....i have no idea why this could be so tight that it won't come out....