Reply To: Stubborn Flywheel, Gale 40 hp

[Buccaneer]

frankr wrote:

If you do manage to get the bolt out, I think I’d try retapping the holes to use larger bolts and give it one last try. I’ve never seen one that stubborn. I still suspect some genius put Loc-Tite on the tapers.

Good idea Frank with retapping for bigger holes. The puller set did come
with some 5/16″ shoulder bolts also.
The genius may have greased the tapers allowing the flywheel to torque down
extra tight? I would have thought that my previous two “torch jobs” would
have melted away any loc-tite, but I don’t know!

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