Wednesday 20 October 2010

5 - Flywheel off

 Well, theres no way the flywheel will come off by the preferred method with the proper tool (if I had one) but fortunately there are two slots in the flywheel so will have a go at making a puller.
Two strips of metal hammered into shape in the vice, drilled, and a bolt in the middle, - fairly sraightforward - try out my new arc welding skills after having a bit of practise - weld a nut onto underside of the arrangement, and one on the end to widen the contact point.  Decide to weld a T-bar on top for a bit of professionalism! ( dont look too close at the welding jobs!).


Just fits ok into the slots, so start winding up the pressure, tapping the flywheel surround with a block of wood now and again, - a few more turns and - bugger! - T bar breaks off ( crap welding!) and takes a chunk out of my thumb, - wack the flywheel with lump of wood in a revenge rage - and pop! - off it comes -great stuff!
Mark position of the stator now its revealed, remove three bolts fastening stator to mag housing/flange and outer fastener for cable - stator off. Undo three nuts attached to three studs holding mag housing/flange to engine casing.
Now - apparently you can force off the mag flange by inserting two 6mm bolts in the two other threaded holes now revealed - give it a try, winding them down a bit at a time after a good few turns one has that 'feel' that its starting to strip the thread from the flange (only alloy) so give up and decide its probably best to make a proper tool. At least its a step further.

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