hey
how do you remove the flywheel without a puller?
or does anyone on the central coast have a puller that i may borrow?

cheers James

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GENTLY . A puller is the best but if you can't get one then start softly .

Basically undo the nut and remove the washers , take the starter out and with a hammer and pit of wood (I used a bit of 2"X1" pine about a foot long last time) tap the back of the flywheel through the starter hole , turn it 90 degrees , tap again , turn 90 degrees , tap again etc (so you're not always hitting it in the same spot) . Start with moderate taps and increase strength each revolution and it should come off easily .

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Years ago my brothers and I used to removed the flywheel from our Morris 1100 using the pressure plate turned around the other way, plus 3 studs (short head ones I think), nuts and washers.

Process...
1. loosen the flywheel nut (but leave on).
2. screw the 3 studs into the flywheel
3. turn the pressure plate around the other way fit over the studs.
4. fit the washers and nuts to the studs and gradually tighten each of the nuts slowly and it removed the flywheel.

it always worked, but normally bent the pressure plate a bit

cheers.

make sure you take the washers out

i didnt, and it wouldnt pop with a 10ft poll, thought it may have been welded and puller was bending. Stupid washer

good luck Brenton

Dont forget that by hitting the flywheel through the starter opening, all the force is taken on the centre main thrust. Last resort stuff. I "sorta" reckon half the cranks with a broken centre main is possibly result of this. But those cranks are pretty forgiving ?? Easy backyard puller is to get the cenre out of an early flywheel and weld an 1 1/2" nut (HT) into it . Nice big fat headed bolt through that and use three 3/8" HT bolts. Screw them in ALL the way so the threads dont pull out. Use an exhaust clamp half moon bit to hold the ring gear and tighten the 1 1/2" bolt. Make sure the puller surface is parallel to the flywheel. Put a decent amount of tension on the bolt and give it one sharp crack with a heavy hammeron the end of the big bolt. Then tighten again a couple of mm and do the same. Good idea too to use a harmonic balancer nut with a fat head to take the tension. If it looks a bit stubborn, boil the kettle and pour hot water over the taper whilst it is under some tension. Works well, just be patient !

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There's instructions on the 'HOW TO' section of this forum on how to make your own puller from one of the Gods of this forum.

Hooroo

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