Bent rear end cover

[yeeter]

Pulled the rear end cover off and where each bolt goes is bent indented (over tightening against the gasket I guess). Its a good 1/16 out of flat.

Am going to work this back flat again (will start by just compressing it on the arbor press, then work through a series of 'progressive hammer strikes').

Any favorite methods?

[J-Mech]

Anvil and a BFH. You don't have to hit it very hard.

[DoubleO7]

use a blunt ended brass punch, rod or some other piece of metal between cover and hammer.
Check how flat you got it on a table saw or glass top stove or kitchen counter top.

[ol'George]

Open the vice jaw up an 1-1/2" or so and set it between, and a couple of blows from a # 1 or 2# hammer on the back side will fix it up. BTDT
Don't be afraid to over dimple it a bit, it will pull down just fine.
I wouldn't get it on an arbor press, might do more harm than good.
You just want to spring it back, not warp it in a press.

[IROC-Z28]

http://www.xtrememotorworks.com/Part...s%20Engine.htm

Could just spring for a new improved cover.

[Sam Mac]

Take the cover to your local welding shop and have them cut you a new one out of 1/4" plate. I just did that for the 2182 I'm fixing up. I hate those stamped POS covers, they are a PITA to get the old gasket out of the recess.

[IROC-Z28]

Originally Posted by Sam Mac

Take the cover to your local welding shop and have them cut you a new one out of 1/4" plate. I just did that for the 2182 I'm fixing up. I hate those stamped POS covers, they are a PITA to get the old gasket out of the recess.

That's exactly why I was considering one of the extreme covers myself. I still am working on that gasket on the stamped one. Did you put a drain plug in yours Sam? I think the fill plug would be nice too.

[Sam Mac]

Didn't bother with a drain plug or sight glass just a flat plate. It sit's behind the cover on a Cyclops so there is no way to get to it. Besides they already have a drain plug in the front of the case next to the suction tube and a dip stick. I'd call Aaron at Xtreme and ask him to make some plain covers if I were you guys.

[yeeter]

I like the idea of a magnetic plug, and a sight glass. (could add one easy enough). But then think, How often does something really go wrong? Unless it leaks fluid level stays, and if there are shards getting in there something else is pretty wrong.

I do like the idea of something thicker. But am considering a frame mounted hitch plate (something about really pulling on those casting bolts makes me nervous about cracking it, although that might not be too likely either). If I put a plate to the frame then unlikely to be able to see or get to it anyway.

[IROC-Z28]

Originally Posted by yeeter

I like the idea of a magnetic plug, and a sight glass. (could add one easy enough). But then think, How often does something really go wrong? Unless it leaks fluid level stays, and if there are shards getting in there something else is pretty wrong.

I do like the idea of something thicker. But am considering a frame mounted hitch plate (something about really pulling on those casting bolts makes me nervous about cracking it, although that might not be too likely either). If I put a plate to the frame then unlikely to be able to see or get to it anyway.

For me personally I couldn't care less about a sight glass there's a dipstick which is easy to use, it's the ease of filling through the top plug/sight glass that I like.