A Flywheel, a puller and an annoyed person

[Bilko]

Stripping my old Muggy 225 and tried to fit the flywheel puller and it wouldn't go. I'm sure I've f@@ked the start of the thread. I bought another puller to make sure.

So now I know it's not the puller, how can I get my flywheel (varitronic) off?

[cezeta]

mine is a bit of a odd fit and always has been. can you not use a three legged puller?

[joespeed]

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

[Bilko]

A three legged flywheel puller?

I'll try and cut one Joe.

[Triken]

Spot on Cezeta. A three legged puller would work - I have done it myself. Not that they were built for that, I seem to recall getting a clutch out of a moped some years ago, and that was the tool required.

[Bilko]

Just looked up a 3 legged puller, but I'm not sure I can get it to grab hold.

[Bilko]

Anyone got any other ideas?

[Dazza]

I have used a three legged puller but had to grind it a bit to get it to fit, get it tensioned up and give the centre part a sharp crack with a hammer and it should pop off quite easily.

[wack 63]

What I have done in the past is to use a really sharp screwdriver to gouge the damaged thread out enough to get the puller started.The trouble with the Varitronic is there isn't a dust cap to keep all the crap out the threads so I spray mine with aerosol anti sieze to stop rust etc.

[corrado]

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.