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To frank’s point, if the flywheel doesn’t pop off after you tighten down the center puller bolt to the point where common sense tells you those smaller outer 3 bolts are going to fail, don’t keep going.
Give the center bolt a whack, I use a small 8lb hammer. The blunt shock wave usually generates enough force to jar the flywheel off the crank taper.
I’d love to hear Frank elaborate more on his #3 point about ‘RAISING the flywheel.’ I know with the old ruddertwins, the way you remove the flywheel is by having somebody/something hold the flywheel and suspend the motor in mid air, while a 2nd person strikes the flywheel nut (loosened up to allow the release of the flywheel off the crank). There are no puller holes in those flywheels. And on that note – anyone have any info on how many ft-lbs those nuts should be tightened down to? Hope to get my ruddertwin working someday…fresh out of the original shipping crate with all the tags still on it!