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August 16, 2017 at 12:35 am #7919
Iam new at this so my terminology might not be writen but i am absolutley loving it!!! im trying to remove the top of my 1938 neptune and im stumped. ive removed the nut and top plate and beat on it am i headding in the write direction please help
August 16, 2017 at 12:46 am #63192Don’t beat on it. If the flywheel doesn’t have tapped holes for puller attachment then make a flywheel knocker.
August 16, 2017 at 2:19 am #63201Here’s a video that Mr Tubbs put together.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWgE9XiIBnkMember of the MOB chapter.
I live in Northwest IndianaAugust 16, 2017 at 10:13 am #63207quote lickitysplit:Iam new at this so my terminology might not be written but i am absolutely loving it!!! im trying to remove the top of my 1938 neptune and im stumped. ive removed the nut and top plate and beat on it am i heading in the write direction please helpReplace the flywheel nut with a normal nut, unscrew it 3-4 turns from tight you don’t want to remove it completely.
Use an automotive harmonic balancer puller, get 3 GRADE 8 bolts, I believe 1/4-20 will work for that motor.
Assemble the puller, install the 3 bolts threading them in about 3/8 of an inch. I will explain the depth later.
Tighten the drive/center bolt down tight, I mean tight, then tighten it some more, I have even used an impact here, point is it must be tight.More often than not this is enough to get the flywheel to pop. Should that not work, with everything still attached, give the top of the puller bolt a decent whack, not a 15 pound sledgehammer whack, but a decent whack. Should pop off long before the whack but ya never know.
Now for the explaining on the depth of threading into the flywheel. The maximum holding power of any given thread is 1 1/2 times the diameter of the given thread. so a 1/4 bolt will reach it maximum holding power threaded into object at 3/8 of an inch, now to add to that, you have delicate parts under that flywheel that the bolts, if threaded too far, well that delicate stuff could be destroyed.
Good luck
Richard
http://www.richardsoutboardtools.com
classicomctools@gmail.comAugust 16, 2017 at 12:12 pm #63209Most Important!!!
Put Safety glasses on (You don’t want a piece of chipped metal in your eye)
A heavy ball peen type hammer works best.
August 19, 2017 at 3:12 pm #63443wow that info was amazing thank you very much
August 19, 2017 at 3:16 pm #63444i believe this is a 1938 1.2 horse and i dont have anything to thread into
August 19, 2017 at 6:44 pm #63459quote lickitysplit:i believe this is a 1938 1.2 horse and i dont have anything to thread intoHow to remove a flywheel the doesn’t have
holes for a puller. Click on link below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWgE9XiIBnkAugust 20, 2017 at 5:36 am #63497If no holes for a puller. Loosen the nut a few turns and either have someone lift up on the fly wheel then whack the nut good will usually knock it lose.
DougDoug
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