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20. Remove the right rotary valve and collar. It is
not necessary to remove the spline from the
crankshaft.
21. Mount the flywheel puller in the threaded
holes provided in the generator gear and with
the center bolt of the special tool bearing
against the generator gear bolt, remove the
generator gear from the tapered generator
shaft.
• B/S 173 models after serial No. l6G 11761are
equipped with a timing idle gear also. This
gear is removed at this time.
22. Remove the drum stopper retaining bolt and
drum stopper. Do not lose the spacer washer
beneath the drum stopper.
23. Pull the shift pawl free of the shift drum and
remove the entire gear shift shaft assembly.
Be certain that: the spacer is removed with the
shaft. It sometimes adheres to the crankcase
due to oil surface tension.
24. Remove the kick starter spring seat and the
kick starter shaft return spring.
25. Remove the three screws from the bearing
retainer and remove the bearing retainer.
26. Remove the AC generator from the top of
engine assembly. NOTE: It is not necessary to
remove the generator in order to split the
crankcases.
27. Invert the engine and remove all of the bolts
which join the crankcase sections.
28. Separate the crankcase sections.
29. Remove the crankshaft assembly.
30. Remove the transmission clutch shaft.
31. Remove the transmission drive shaft. If it is
necessary to disassemble the gears from the
transmission shafts, carefully note their
positions before any gears are removed so that
you will be able to reassemble them in the
same order.
32. Remove the neutral gear switch cover from
the shift drum and remove the contact from
the shift drum.