As my half improvised special tools served their purpose perfectly, there could be only one place that I had to head to. The metal shop again...
On top of that, I don't have a proper drift to punch the bearings onto the main shaft.
So to the metal shop. Taking the arm shaft off the crank was a piece of cake for the hydraulic press. I replaced the special rollers below the arm, replaced the three bearings and came back home. I didn't take any photos there - my bad...
I tore out the rear oil seal, which isolates the clutch and put in a new one. That's the shorter side of the crank shaft in the above photo.
That's where the motor oil circulates, it should never escape through any of these two seals.
You can notice the remainings of the metal polish in the photo, that I rubbed rather lousily. It's okay, I'll clean it thoroughy after the assembly is over.
So I've got just one tiny little obstacle remaining before closing the engine front cover. I'll tell about that shortly...
That's also the last appearance of my "special tool" to fix the crankshaft with the engine body.
There are two valves on top of the cylinder (four, even five in modern engines) to take in the air-fuel mixture and dispose of the exhaust gas. Their opening/closing timing is critical for a healthy operation, or even avoiding a self destruction.
The crankshaft drives the camshaft via the smaller sprocket in the photo, over the cam chain and the large sprocket at the end of the cam shaft. The valves make one full cycle for the piston's two cycles.
The exact position of these two shafts has to be adjusted very precisely, to achieve the proper valve timing. And it's safer to do it with the cylinder and piston mounted.
Here comes the but - I should have cleaned and painted the cylinder block first! As I cannot play with all those toxic and stinking chemicals (paint remover, thinner, spray paint to name a few) in the house, I should now wait for a good weather in a weekend. Worst case, I will put the engine aside as it is and skip to the gearbox. I have to do that anyway...
At least, this was a pleasing progress so far.