Re: Flywheel "Puller" plater discovery

[legendre]

Interesting that the service manual makes no mention of this ‘feature’.. which is also present on the TD20 and probably all other models which use the same flywheel / recoil hardware.

I’m not so sure about the utility, though, at least not at this late date. If the flywheel was recently removed, this could possibly come in handy.. but if it’s stuck on there, you’re using a puller yoke made of seventy year-old thin cast aluminum with a set of brass drawbolts.

Not really the stuff of flywheel pullers, there. And of course, parts are no longer readily available, if & when you ruin them. 😉

And you still have to remove the gas tank, as there’s no easy way to hold the flywheel to operate the "puller" or torque the flywheel nut. I suppose you could use a piston stop, but.. I’m not sure how those dainty little connecting rods would feel about it. I can say from experience they’re made of some pretty soft stuff.