So if you had a flywheel that was stuck super-tight and it still wouldn’t break loose with a puller on it screwed down tight, I bet it would break loose real quick if you hit the center bolt on the puller with a hammer head attachment on the air chisel?
That’s what I am thinking, too.
I tried the method, WITHOUT a puller, on a Merc 100 automatic yesterday. I seem to recall the torque on them is supposed to be 65 foot pounds; so I was expecting a miracle. I am sure this flywheel has been on for many years. I backed the nut up to the top of the thread. I used a hammer-type attachment, rather than the point. I lifted up on the the flywheel, pulled the trigger on my brand new, MAC air hammer and……..NOTHING.I tried a few times and gave up. Granted, I didn’t use the point, because I didn’t have one. But I doubt that would make much difference. Maybe I will buy a point and try it again, if others continue to have good luck; but I am thinking this puller-less method is more for smaller engines…
Long live American manufacturing!
