Pulling Suzuki flywheel….?

[amuller]

I’m working on a ’79 65 hp Suzuki. It’s a BIG twin. The flywheel seems to have four puller holes (which also hold on a rope starting sheave). None of my pullers are set up for a 4 bolt pattern. Do people think it’s OK to use a pair of opposing holes to pull it, or do I need to make a 4-bolt puller? My sense is that a 2-bolt pull would probably be OK, but looking for some comfort.

[billw]

Do you have an OMC puller? They have a four hole provision but the radius is limited.

Long live American manufacturing!

[amuller]

Well, again, I put in a response and it disappeared. No wonder people are using the facebook page. That’s what I’m going to do from now on. The unreliability of this site is just too annoying.

[fleetwin]

It’s usually me that has issues…The only thing I have noticed is that it takes awhile for replies to actually post. I think this is why we often see double posts because we click “submit” again, so the same submission posts twice. On the other hand, I think we sometimes change screens before our submissions have actually posted, which just cancels the submission… Surely not speaking from a position of knowledge, just guessing here. I haven’t had anymore issues now that I wait while the submission takes its time to actually post.
Seems like many people have switched to facebook, which is troubling. I will just be here if anyone is looking, no facebook for me..

[Tubs]

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

• This reply was modified 4 years, 11 months ago by Tubs.

[billw]

I have had it happen maybe 5% of the time or less; although sometimes, I think it’s gone, only to find it posted the next day. I would recommend typing your response and hitting control C for the whole thing, before you hit submit….That way, if it goes up in smoke, you can just hit control V and won’t have to retype the whole thing.

Did you ever get the flywheel off?

Long live American manufacturing!

[amuller]

Yes, I’ve had the same experiences, though way more than 5% of the time, I think, Agree that backup copying the message in case of posting failure seems like the only helpful approach. I expect this unreliability is turning people off. Something is wrong with the underlying code but I know nothing about it.

Flywheel is still on. Bent puller but was able to straighten it. Think I need to find a piece of 1/2″ + plate and make a puller, plus order some 8 mm 10.9 class bolts from Fastenal.

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