Home Forum Ask A Member How to best go about putting the flywheel back on an early johnson

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    Waunnaboat
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      Today I got spark on a Johnson A that I bought a while back and just put a new condenser on, but while I have gotten it to spark with the flywheel just on top and tightened down, I have not been able to get the two flywheel keys to line up when I try to put the flywheel on to actually have it on and functional.  Does anybody have any advice on how I should be positioning the two keys so that the flywheel will go on without knocking the keys out first?  Prior to this, I have only succeeded in knocking the keys onto the mag plate every time I put it on.

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      Tubs
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        What I do when the keys are that loose is take a punch and put some dimples in the sides of keys large enough that the hold the keys in the crankshaft.  

        A "Boathouse Repair" is one thats done without having tools or the skills to do it properly.

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