Re: OMC vs HF flywheel puller

[johnyrude200]

The first couple of years working on these smaller and older motors (25hp and below prior to 1977), a harmonic balancer worked. In the last couple of years I’ve been able to piece together the OMC puller and various accessories (more or less) original to the kit, and there is no comparison. Even the middle size motors I work on now (up to 70hp into the 1990’s/2000’s), you need at least 100 ft-lbs of torque to tighten the flywheels down, let along break them lose (a lot more than that in most cases).

Always get a kick out of when those suckers go POP on removal. 4′ cheater bars aren’t always enough!