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    For a flywheel stuck to crankshaft that resists being removed by all other
    techniques a can’t hurt, might help very old school suggestion…
    HEAT junction of flywheel hub and crankshaft until it is warm enough
    to melt wax…then touch a candle (i used a birthday cake candle I found
    in kitchen junk drawer), The warm wax becomes a liquid that will be drawn into
    the joint by capillary action and if you are lucky the flywheel grip on
    crankshaft is relaxed and flywheel can be removed.
    I used this on a KF7 Mercury that had resisted all the usual methods
    It worked so fast that I did not even have time or need to attach flywheel puller.
    This method has been around a while, I was told it is steam engine and
    hit an miss engine era method.
    Anyway, can’t hurt, might help and the price is right,
    Louis

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