On 7/11/2010 6:01 PM, James H. wrote:
On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 02:35:08 -0400, Jerry - OHIO wrote:

I can do a steering wheel on a car with one hit. A mower flywheel is
childs play.

In the end, the flywheel was easy to get off once I 1/4x20 tapped the two
holes drilled for that purpose but never tapped by the manufacturer and
then used a harmonic balancer puller which lifted it right off in seconds.

One thing I just don't understand though.

How is hitting DOWN on the CRANKSHAFT supposed to free the flywheel in the
bang-and-lift method?

Can someone explain the logic of banging on the crankshaft to remove the
flywheel?

what you do is stick a pry bar UNDER the flywheel, then with the nut
started on the crankshaft (to protect the threads) you sharply rap the
crank and the flywheel will pop right off. Basically, you are using the
(very small) amount of crankshaft end play as your movement. Those holes
were not tapped, because that is not what they are for.

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Steve Barker
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