Having trouble removing auto counterweight
 

I am trying to remove the counterweight from the engine I'm swapping into my other car. I got the driveplate off fine, but the counterweight is stuck on there good. Is there some technique for getting it off, like with the flywheel? I don't really want to have to order the puller from racing beat.
I guess my other option is to just bolt the aftermarket flywheel right up to it without taking it off. Is there any reason not to do this?

did u take out the key??

if u didnt thats the reason haha

You cant take the key off until you remove the counterwieght. All the key does is keep it from rotating, not from coming off.

Put the flexplate or lightened flywheel back on, and hit it with a rubber mallet. It should come off eventually as one piece.

I beat the shit out of it, and it didn't budge. I was just wondering if there was some other better way to do it for just the counterbalance, but I guess not. I even whacke on it with a steel hammer and it just laughed at me, when my other one came off with a rubber mallet. I guess now its time to practice what I preach and truly " beat the shit out of it." I'll wait till tomorrow, though, so I don't wake my neighbors.
If anyone else has other suggestions, be sure to post them.

try a copper hammer.

its more effective than dead blows and wont dmg the metal.

its been a while since i did a rebuild so i forgot the whole assembly until u told me that.

Well, I don't really want to spend 20+ bucks on a tool I'll use once, which is why I didn't get a copper hammer. I know the steel hammer could do damage to it, but I couldn't care less because its a damn flexplate and I was just gonna toss it anyway.

Just keep hitting it. It will come off.

Well, it still isn't coming off, no matter how hard I hit it. If I don't get it soon, I'm gonna see if I can make a steering wheel puller work....

Ok, this is really starting to piss me off. I whacked on it with the hammer until my hads started hurting from it. I ended up trying the steering wheel puller. I put in the medium length tranny bolts to use because the puller didn't have ones with the proper thread pattern. After I couldn't turn it any more with just a wrench, I turned it probably over a full turn more by hitting the wrench with a mallet. I then noticed that it was bending the damn bolts. So this thing is really fucking on there. I'm about to use my damn propane torch the heat it up and see if I can break it loose. Is there any reason I shouldn't do this?

Using the torch is fine.

Ok, just making sure it wasn't going to damage the e-shaft at all.

I have the same problem with the auto counterweight on my JDM s5 13bt. I'm just gonna buy a lightened flywheel and bolt it on.

If the torch trick doesn't work, I'm just gonna bolt the flywheel on. I already have the flywheel from my old engine, but I want to get the counterweight off. This engine is only temporary while I save for a rebuild, and I'm using the rotating assembly for my rebuild. Its gonna have to come off, so I might as well do it now while I'm waiting on the parts for the front cover swap.

did u take out a counterweight before??

if u didnt thats why u would say that

Put some "pulling pressure" on it (like your puller tightened up, I use a busted hockey
stick - must be the cdn in me..), then beat the crap out of it with a deadblow hammer.
A steel hammer is a waste of time, it just bounces off. Work your way around the edge.
It'll pop after a bit. Don't forget to leave the nut on but loose otherwise it'll shoot off.

-Henrik

Thats a great idea, thanks Henrik. I hadn't thought of doing that. And I already tried a deadblow and a rubber mallet, but I all the directions I've seen say to use a copper mallete because its the instantanious shock that helps loosten it. Either way, I'll try both.

Gah, I just gave up. Even with the puller, and banging on it, it still wouldn't come off. I just bolted on my aftermarket flywheel and called it a day.