Reply To: Update A-35 Flywheel Removal

[Bob Wight]

I once had a flywheel on a 1950s vintage Johnson that was stuck tighter than Fort Knox.   A couple days with the puller under big tension and striking the center bolt of the puller and it wouldn’t budge.   Figuring I had nothing to lose, I took a dead blow hammer and whacked around the outside edge of the flywheel – it popped loose after a few shots.  Don’t know if that would work for you but I might try that before cutting the flywheel apart.

Bob

1937 Champion D2C Deluxe Lite Twin
1954 Johnson CD-11
1955 Johnson QD-16
1957 Evinrude Fastwin 18
1957 Evinrude 3022
1958 Johnson QD-19
1958 Johnson FD-12
1959 Johnson QD-20
1982 Evinrude 25hp

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"Every time you remove a broken or seized bolt an angel gets his wings."