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DragBikeMike Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 4166 Honolulu	Simple Engine Stand 04/05/20 at 00:52:43 I have a bad habit of putting things off. Every time I work on my engines I end up trying to support them with just about anything I can find laying around the garage. I’m sure many of you have found yourself struggling with a mess like this. It usually starts tipping over just about the time you are trying to get the cylinder past the top ring.
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Re: Simple Engine Stand
Reply #1 - 04/05/20 at 00:54:03

I’ve got lots of free time right now, so I decided to make a simple tool to properly support my engine. Now I can work without fear of dropping the whole shebang right off the workbench. It’s just a couple of 2” x 2” x 11” boards screwed & glued to a couple of 1” x 2” x 7-3/4” boards. Very simple. You now have all the dimensions you need to make a similar cradle that will fit like a glove. Make one before you pull your engine. You won’t regret it.

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DragBikeMike Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 4166 Honolulu	Re: Simple Engine Stand Reply #2 - 04/05/20 at 00:54:48 To completely stabilize the engine while it’s resting in the cradle, use a few wooden door-frame wedges. Adjust the wedges so that the engine rests solid & level in the cradle. Once the wedges are just the right fit, cut them off and glue them to the cradle.
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DragBikeMike Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 4166 Honolulu	Re: Simple Engine Stand Reply #3 - 04/05/20 at 00:55:27 This should give you an idea how the wedges work.
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DragBikeMike Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 4166 Honolulu	Re: Simple Engine Stand Reply #4 - 04/05/20 at 00:56:04 Now you can work on your engine without worrying if it will stay upright.
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DragBikeMike Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 4166 Honolulu	Re: Simple Engine Stand Reply #5 - 04/05/20 at 00:56:51 Now if you really want a Cadillac engine stand, see Armen. He’s got the hot ticket.
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RocketScienceSmurf Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 268 Sweden Gender:	Re: Simple Engine Stand Reply #6 - 04/06/20 at 00:46:02 I am in the middle of getting my own stand so I can start replacing the cam chain. I got some pieces of L-shaped that a friend will help me weld and another friend is making the spacers. I will try and mount everything using the two lowest frame mount holes and original 180mm bolt.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Simple Engine Stand Reply #7 - 04/06/20 at 08:47:20 DragBikeMike wrote on 04/05/20 at 00:56:51: Now if you really want a Cadillac engine stand, see Armen. He’s got the hot ticket. He's not quite finished with it. He's gotta drill a half a million holes in it now.
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Armen Serious Thumper Offline Half-Witted Wrench-Jockey from Jersey Posts: 1431	Re: Simple Engine Stand Reply #8 - 04/06/20 at 12:54:44 Thanks Mike and Justin
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DragBikeMike Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 4166 Honolulu	Re: Simple Engine Stand Reply #9 - 04/07/20 at 02:31:02 That looks like a nice setup Kamelryttarn. I bet a set of casters would be nice. The angles lend themselves to mounting casters and it would make the engine easy to move around in the shop.
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