i got the big *** nut off of the flywheel but i cant get the flywheel off. i tried prying on it with three different prybars while turning it and no success. i went to napa to buy a flywheel puller and they didnt have one. so i bought something that i thought might work but it didnt. what have yall used to get the flywheel off?

 

http://www.mazdatrix.com/faq/flywheelremoval.htm
here ..look at this,,a GIRL can do it!...(j/k!)

 

A "puller" or any type of prying probably isn't going to help you.

FIRST... put the nut back on a thread or two so the flywheel doesn't fall off....

Whack it with a large rubber mallet around the outside edges. If you can't get it with that, you could use a large hammer and a block of wood. The main idea is not to smack the friction surface with anything hard.

 

^^^ What they said... buy you ain't seen MY rubber hammer.

I can smack a flywheel off EVERY TIME with it.

 

Yup. Hit it in a criss cross fashion.



Jump.Jump.

 

it says in that link that a rubber hammer wont work. lol, i guess you have tell them to change that

 

^^^ I've always hit my rubber hard enough



Yes, bfh, or really hard swing.

 

yup. i always give it one good whack with a rubber mallet. Id recommend hitting it lightly a couple times the first time you do this. hitting the flywheel too hard could make your eshaft or flywheel untrue.

i haven't come across this yet but i'm told it could happen

 

a 5lb mall worked great. 3 good wacks and it came right off. thanks alot

 

Flywheel removal at about 2:45:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1MXfs_Srs4

 

any suggestions if you have the 'necessary' tools for flywheel removal and the nut will not come off? im using an air gun, heat, and a cheater bar to no avail. the engine in question is from a 74 REPU 13b 4-port NA.

 

More heat and a more powerful air gun? It can take sometimes about 10 minutes of heating the nut up with a regular propane torch. The gun I use these days to pop those things off is rated 600 FT-LBs.