Stripping the motor 3. Stripping crankcse and transmission.and rebuild
First step was removing the brake shoes. Usually not difficult but this time very difficult. The shoes pivot on a stud at one side and the other side is held under tension by a sping. The spring was missing in my case and the pivot pin badly rusted. You can see the split pin and washer here but the split pin would not come out! These brake shoes lacked the spring but luckily I had one present on the other motor. Eventually I broke the split pin and filed it flush so that I could remove the washer. ... and eventually the shoes... they needed tappingcapart with screwdrivers of increasing thickness until the shoe could be eased off the pivot stud. First shoe off Followed by the second. The remains of the split pin within the pivot stud would still not move and eventually had to be drilled out, bu I left that task until I had separated the cases to improve access. The next step is to remove the brake actuating lever but before doing so I used a punch to mark against the position of the spl...