disassembling Kato truck

[shark_jj]

I am attempting to disassemble a Kato truck.  It is an sd40, not a dash 2.  I have the truck out of the loco.  There is a cover plate on the bottom of the gearbox which appears to be attached with 4 clips.  I've tried to move, or bend the clips with no success.  Looking for advice.

[Wutter]

The bottom plate of the truck is molded as the same piece as the sideframes. This is the same for most Kato trucks I think, what I usually do is spread the sideframes from the top where the copper contact is visible and simply "peel" down to unclip the bottom.

[shark_jj]

It was a struggle, but I fixed my problem.  The four clips are press fit.  Thanks for the info Wutter, the side frames are flexible, which helped in putting the truck back together.