Reply To: Pulling flywheel

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I have removed a number of flywheels. Some are routine and some are stubborn. Recently 3hp OMC flywheel  (pot metal) just would not release despite all the tricks I knew.

Went to online video removing flywheel on an OMC. Shop mechanic showed how it was done in a time is money situation, He attache flywheel puller, applied tension with screw and WHACKED on opposite edges of flywheel.  BINGO! Flywheel was unstuck just like that . I did the same  on my sticky flywheel with same instant results. It appears to me this method rocks the flywheel slightly…I also believe it may be easily overdone, especially with a pot metal flywheel. I tried it. It works.

Louis