‘18 mountain cat jackshaft removal

[line8]

Question about removing the jackshaft.
I have the driven clutch off.
I have the 4 bolts behind the secondary removed.
I have the upper gear off the chain case side.
I see there is a back plate the 4 bolts attach the torque plate to. Seems like it should just pull or push through. What is the step I’m missing here?


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[summ8rmk]

Tolerance fit.
Takes a bit of force to remove from the bearing.

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[line8]

What about that plate I removed the 4 bolts from on the back side of the torque plate?
Should I heat around the bearing?


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[summ8rmk]

There are few threads on this subject.
People use heat to remove the shaft from the bearings. Just remember the chain case is magnesium and flammable.
I used brute force and thought for sure i was gonna break my chain case ... lol

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[line8]

Circling back on this. There was a retainer clip I didn’t remove in the bearing housing on the torque plate. I put the 4 bolts back in that hold the bearing housing.
Then, I used a heat gun all around the outside of the bearing for about 2 minutes, not on the bearing. Then a block of wood and hammer to the chain case side of the shaft and it moved 1/2 way. It took 3 good hits on it. Gave it another minute of heat and 1 more whack and it moved out enough I could grab it and pull it out.


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