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I’ve never rebuilt one of those specifically before but I’ve rebuilt hundreds of motorcycle engines and other complicated items. The most important thing is not to be in a rush. As a general rule things should come apart pretty easily. If your reaching for the 3 foot pry bar you probably missed something. Stop, take a look around, there might be a bolt hidden that you missed or something like that. Forcing stuff can easily lead to breaking other stuff that was perfectly fine.

Also stay organized/take pictures. Once the case is open don’t just start ripping gears off the shafts. (Don’t be in a rush) take a few pictures that will help you get things back in the right order a week from now when the parts get delivered. It’s best if you have a place where you can lay out the parts in order as you disassemble. Tagging parts is helpful too.

Clean everything. Take the time to thoroughly clean anything you might be reusing. That gives you a chance to visually inspect all the pieces. You may find the beginning of another problem and be able to correct it before it really causes trouble.

Use quality parts. You don’t want to go through all of this a second time because you were trying to save a few dollars and some cheap Chinese bearing came apart three months down the road. You’re already saving a ton of money not paying someone else to do this. Use some of that savings to make sure it’s 200k miles before you need to think about doing it again.

Also I highly recommend using loctite 518 to seal everything up. As long as you get all the sealing surfaces nice and clean that stuff is superior to most anything else I’ve tried. Use your finger to spread a nice even film on the sealing surface. You don’t want a ton squeezing out the sides when you torque it down.

Hope this is helpful and good luck with your project!