Hi TMD, footer here. Have a question for you. I am pulling the main bearing cradle on my 200 Merc.<br />I have all of the main cap bolts out, and all of the external mounting bolts. The crank seal and flywheel mount/balancer has been removed. I have the cradle cracked free from the powerhead, again all bolts have been removed. There are two threaded pins that are located at the bottom of the cradle that pass through holes in the main support tray (for lack of a better term). I have removed the nuts from these bolts and they are free. As much as I tried last night I can't get the cradle free from the powerhead???? Arg... It is free everywhere except I can't pry(carefully), wiggle, persuade or lift the cradle out of the holes where these two freakin' pins fall through?? They are two vertically orientated holes and looks that the cradle should lift straight up and out, but there is no chance of this. I think that there is interference on the crank and the forms on the individual bearing caps? What am I doing wrong?? It seems to me that logically, the bearing cradle should lift straight away from the powerhead, much like that of a car engine, but these two locating pins and their holes have me in a pickle. Have I missed a crucial step in the disassembly process or is there a trick? I have tried tilting the engine for better angles/approaches but this is not helping either!<br />Any insight would be great. Everthing has gone very well and smooth to this point... Arg!<br /><br />FOOTER 