How to remove crankcase before changing the gear dogs?
With the motor upside down, lifting the bottom from the top is fine. This way your crankshaft wont move and you won’t have to touch that part. While you’re in there, check the condition of the drive chain for the alternator (if the FJ has one), on my old xj750, the runner for this chain broke, the chain had been flapping around and had broken its lubricating oil nozzle. It had been running so hot that the crank was blued around the sprocket for the chain. The lower crankcase lifted away no problem. I can see the worn dogs and windows on the 2nd/5th gear pair on the “drive” shaft. The number 1 shift fork doesn’t look bent, but it has a fair amount of marks/scrapes on it, so I’m replacing it also. All the other gear dogs look fine. Actually, all the other gear dogs appear to have an obvious undercut, but the 2nd gear dogs don’t appear to have any undercut at all.
