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The insert is usually locked in place as the last step of the installation. The tip of the insert is flared into place. You will probably need to relieve that flare. Careful use of a countersink, hand turned may do the trick. Just cut till the lip is gone. The plug being in a blind bore is not going to help!
Timeserts are thin wall and the opposing vee forms make fractures pretty easy.
If you happen to try a tapered Easy Out , go easy!! Snap On and some others offer straight splined removal tools that minimize the expansion. You don't get many chances to test options so just take your time
Just a floating piece, in the bore, no flare may move with an Easy Out . If Loctite is present, heat is your tool. Oil too
Since this is a rather special engine, you may want to try contacting Saito in Japan directly and see if they can help, no telling what they may have on hand (?)
Is there any chance of subbing a single cylinder equiv?[/QUOTE]
Thanks.
The front cylinder on 200TI has reversed placement of the intake and ehaust ports compared to the single cylinder FA91. The rear cylinder is made from a standard FA91 cylinder, rotated 180° so the intake and exhaust ARE on the correct sides, HOWEVER, on the 200TI the intake port is side entry instead of rear entry. I suppose, in a pinch, an FA91 cylinder could be reworked into a rear cylinder. That would entail nothing more than plugging off the rear entry intake port and machining a side entry port. Doable for sure, as the FA91 cylinder was designed/cast to be machined as either rear or side intake port, depending on application.
BTW, my rear cylinder is the one with the Timesert issue.