First complete RD motor rebuild (vito's crank)

[lawnboy]

Doin my first rebuild. Disassembly went well.  Took my time and bagged and tagged everything.  Took lots of fotos too.  I got a Vito's crank and I see it has o rings instead of knock pins.  Is this right?

[m in sc]

yes, its fine

[lawnboy]

cool thx

[smokah]

There are a few seals that are directional. Make sure you know which way they all face because on at least one, it makes a difference.

[85RZwade]

My crankshaft is finished and will be home soon; I did NOT carefully bag or tag things, but it's all mostly in the same cardboard box, so we'll be working in parallel. You'll be the one without the tension headache.

[lawnboy]

ha. my ocd is friend and foe sometimes. i tend to "brain fuck things" so iv'e been re reading the rebuild thread from the air cooled rd site. hoping all goes smooth with the bottom end rebuild. Top end just got to Garret up in WA. So time to move this to haus of projects I suppose.

[smokah]

When I broke mine down to the bare cases there was a tutorial on another RD site that I used. I wish I saved the link. There were tons of helpful pictures. I used my tablet and followed along. All went well.

[RDFL]

https://rdlccrazy.proboards.com/thread/49716/rd400e-engine-rebuild   also the already mentioned air cooled one.  https://www.aircooledrdclub.com/smf/index.php?topic=50421.0

[SoCal250]

https://rdlccrazy.proboards.com/thread/49716/rd400e-engine-rebuild   also the already mentioned air cooled one.  https://www.aircooledrdclub.com/smf/index.php?topic=50421.0

Good info! Added it to the Tech Library for future reference

[smokah]

The second one is the one I used, and except for the Vito's crank rubber o-rings, all the pics were great help.