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Re: A Flywheel, a puller and an annoyed person

Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2010 6:52 pm
by goldeneye
remove nut, start engine, rev it up, flywheel will come off. stand clear in case it hits next doors vauxhall viva. ;)

Re: A Flywheel, a puller and an annoyed person

Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2010 8:29 pm
by sideout
goldeneye wrote:remove nut, start engine, rev it up, flywheel will come off. stand clear in case it hits next doors vauxhall viva. ;)
:lol:......and then it's the front wheel against a wall and drop the clutch in 1st at max revs. As a well known Weymouth scooterist would say... "something will happen" :!: :D :D :D

Re: A Flywheel, a puller and an annoyed person

Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2010 10:12 pm
by Bilko
corrado wrote:Is it possible to drill out the rivets holding the flywheel fan to the boss? Once the fan is off the 3 legged puller should work.

Without checking (In bed) would I not damage the stator plate with the varitronic flywheel?

Re: A Flywheel, a puller and an annoyed person

Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2010 10:54 pm
by joespeed
joespeed wrote:now that you have two pullers,cut a slot or two straight through the threads to make it look like a tap try screwing it in,should cut its own thread to a damaged flywheel !
regards
joe
have you tried this method ,it never fails!

Re: A Flywheel, a puller and an annoyed person

Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2010 11:13 pm
by Bilko
joespeed wrote:
joespeed wrote:now that you have two pullers,cut a slot or two straight through the threads to make it look like a tap try screwing it in,should cut its own thread to a damaged flywheel !
regards
joe
have you tried this method ,it never fails!
Except me. I did try this. Been trying all flippin' day! :oops: :? :shock: :(

Re: A Flywheel, a puller and an annoyed person

Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 12:53 pm
by KCB
When mine did this I dremmeled a couple of mm of the flywheel to get to a decent bit of thread, pain in the arse but it worked!

Re: A Flywheel, a puller and an annoyed person

Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 5:08 pm
by Bilko
Thanks, I'll try that