I've been beating the hell out of my flywheel for quite a while now, and it will not budge. I was going to buy a flywheel puller but for some reason they are hard to find. Anyway, I was thinking about just making one. Maybe drill two holes in a section of angle iron to match the holes on the flywheel, then place and object between the angle iron and the flywheel nut and tighten down the bolts. At least it will put some kind of pulling pressure on it, then I could just pound on the ends of the angle iron while it has a slight pull to it. Sound like it might work?

 

Been there...more or less done that. Got a twenty lb sledge hammer for twenty bucks and a piece of two by four to compliment it. Wood against the flywheel...hammer applied against the piece of wood. Used a piece of angle iron with two holes and a socket sitting b/t the eccentric shaft end and the angle iron. Righty tighty....pop goes the hammer. Maybe two hits does the job.

 

yea. i didnt need my flywheel i just sprayed it with some wd-40 and taped around with a hand malet, then got a peice of wood and wedged the wood and wacked it, poped right off

 

oh god the horror stories of the "flywheel"

I am getting ready to pull mine off Monday (finaly got the motor out).

If I beat it with a hammer wont it hurt anything in the motor?

 

I put HEAVY EMPHASIS on placing the piece of wood b/t the flywheel and the hammer. Hit once......rotate the wheel 180....pop it again. NOT a wind up and smack it type of hit.....just a solid blow. No, I don't strike flywheels with hammers. The twenty lbs hammer has the mass/whatever to do the job. A claw hammer won't do.

I KNOW a impact wrench is the proper way.....but I don't do this for a living and I use a twenty lb hammer a lot more for other things than I would a impact wrench. Cost effective tool.

 

My home made flywheel puller worked perfectly. If anyone ever wants to try it, all you need is a couple foot long piece of angle iron and some half inch drill bits. Drill two holes in the middle of the angle iron to match the puller holes/threads on the flywheel. Put a small block of wood between the angle iron and the end of the crankshaft, and tighten down the two bolts pretty hard. If pressure from the bolts alone doesn't pull it (which was my case) all you have to do is give a good whack on the ends of the angle iron. It gives good leverage for the hammer plus you don't have to hit the flywheel itself.