Yup... the bearings are in two halves. The first half will come out when you remove the bearing caps. The second half is what you push out with the plastic putty knife... one little tap and it will swing around and practically fall into your hand.To deglaze you need a deglazer... also called a hone. Most automotive stores carry them... Napa or Autozone for instance. The conventional kind has three rectangular stones that are spring loaded and rotated using an electric drill. Your machinist might lend you his ?? You need it for all of 5 minutes, but if you don't deglaze your new rings will not seat and your compression will likely be worse than with the old rings.
Yup... the bearings are in two halves. The first half will come out when you remove the bearing caps. The second half is what you push out with the plastic putty knife... one little tap and it will swing around and practically fall into your hand.
wait till you have the motor running again and pour sand into the intake and rev it up. haha just kidding , you just need to hone the bores.