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Just a quick story to maybe put this topic to bed. My son (38) was pulling a V-4 powerhead for me while I was at Constantine. I have instructed him to always break the flywheel loose before pulling the powerhead. (He is a bike guy, not outboard nut like me).Anyway he knows my tools and proceeds to put the OMC puller on to pop the flywheel. Him & his buddy have trouble getting the flywheel to give. After a call to me and some confusion (pic sent by text) I discovered they had the puller plate upside down. By the time I got back to him the flywheel had popped. Now even with the tapered side of the plate upwards the puller still pulled the flywheel without breaking the shoulder bolts. Of course I wouldn’t recommend doing it this way. He just made a mistake. Never thought about turning the plate over even though he saw the bolts leaning out. Funny how sometime thing’s just don’t dawn on people. He has seen me do this a 1000 times.
Dan in TN