Comments on: I have a 2002 Kawasaki KX 250 dirtbike, with a defective Cylinder. Can i just buy a sleeve and install it? http://kawasaki-kx.com/i-have-a-2002-kawasaki-kx-250-dirtbike-with-a-defective-cylinder-can-i-just-buy-a-sleeve-and-install-it Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:12:58 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: mushki http://kawasaki-kx.com/i-have-a-2002-kawasaki-kx-250-dirtbike-with-a-defective-cylinder-can-i-just-buy-a-sleeve-and-install-it/comment-page-1#comment-132 mushki Fri, 18 Dec 2009 06:59:32 +0000 http://kawasaki-kx.com/i-have-a-2002-kawasaki-kx-250-dirtbike-with-a-defective-cylinder-can-i-just-buy-a-sleeve-and-install-it#comment-132 You have the right idea, you will need to re-sleeve it. This is not the easiest job to do safely since you should take the engine out, although I am sure it could be done in the bike if you were real creative, but it may just be faster to remove the engine. The hardest part is getting the old sleeve out, remember that even though it is shot you do not want to damage anything else around it while getting it out. Hopefully someone can post an easy way of getting them out, I never found an easy way of doing it. Getting the new sleeve in is easy though-liquid nitrogen the sleeve. Getting it that cold shrinks it so it just slides in. It will warm up and be tight on the walls. I would only get a Kawasaki sleeve, you may be able to get that on e-bay but defiantly stay away from someones homemade junk since it will most likely be made out of a different grade of metal and not last as long, if at all. While you are at it rebuild the top end so you will not have any more down time for the bike anytime too soon. You have the right idea, you will need to re-sleeve it. This is not the easiest job to do safely since you should take the engine out, although I am sure it could be done in the bike if you were real creative, but it may just be faster to remove the engine. The hardest part is getting the old sleeve out, remember that even though it is shot you do not want to damage anything else around it while getting it out. Hopefully someone can post an easy way of getting them out, I never found an easy way of doing it. Getting the new sleeve in is easy though-liquid nitrogen the sleeve. Getting it that cold shrinks it so it just slides in. It will warm up and be tight on the walls.

I would only get a Kawasaki sleeve, you may be able to get that on e-bay but defiantly stay away from someones homemade junk since it will most likely be made out of a different grade of metal and not last as long, if at all.

While you are at it rebuild the top end so you will not have any more down time for the bike anytime too soon.

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