So I recently seized my '05 EC200 and am in the process of rebuilding the top end. I ordered a new top end kit from Bob Piper at North Tahoe Motorsports (I would recommend anyone rebuilding a Gasgas to use him) and was going to send out the cylinder for re-plating when I ran into a few problems that I could use some answers to:
1) How do you remove the bearings that are on the power valve assembly? They're tiny bearings tucked into a blind hole and no ordinary puller/extractor seems to get a hold? Is there a specific tool or is this just one of those "smash and replace" kind of deals?
2) Is re-plating even my best option or should I start looking for another used cylinder and head? (the cylinder I have has some pretty nasty gouges from a piece of the old ring getting chewed up)
TLDR--Has anyone removed the power valve assembly from an EC 200 and how did you do it?
1) How do you remove the bearings that are on the power valve assembly? They're tiny bearings tucked into a blind hole and no ordinary puller/extractor seems to get a hold? Is there a specific tool or is this just one of those "smash and replace" kind of deals?
2) Is re-plating even my best option or should I start looking for another used cylinder and head? (the cylinder I have has some pretty nasty gouges from a piece of the old ring getting chewed up)
TLDR--Has anyone removed the power valve assembly from an EC 200 and how did you do it?