Pull the fly wheel off the crankshaft

[Macattack]

I'm replacing my crankshaft on my 800 Doo and need to have the flywheel pulled. Dealer says $50 or so for a 5 minute job. &%!$& yeah, don't want to go that route. Anyways, anyone in the south Seattle area know of someone who can do this? I'm willing to fork over some $$ or , just not to the local stealer.

thanks,
J

 

[Wheel House Motorsports]

do you have a pully pulling devise or anything? you could make one out of some all-thread, washers and bolts really cheaply, i have one that doubles as that and a secondary clutch seperator. just some ideas.

AHAHAH!!! my brain engaged, i used the harmonic dampner puller for my smallblock chevy, it bolted into the three holes, and the center thing pust pushes on the bolt as you thread it out. you can pick up that part at an auto store for pretty cheap. and then you have another tool.

heres one almost identical to mine, they want like 15 bucks for it.

 

[LRD]

The above pictured puller is basically what I have used for over 20 years to pull fywheels with an assortment of bolts and washers. Bite the bullet and spend a few bucks on tools and laugh at your dealer. An air impact wrench really helps after you get it on there though!

Good Luck

 

[smittys800]

Mac,
Give me a call, I can fix ya up.
Smitty

 

[joshkoltes]

bolts

be sure not to use the bolts from your engine because they have a tendency to get tweeked around. just get some from the hardware store that are longer with the same thread and good thick washers

 

[cjgodden]

I'm sorry but I understand your dealer wanting to charge you to pull the mag, most shops have at least a half hour minimiun. You have to understand they are in busniess to MAKE MONEY. Do you work for free? NO i don't think so. To get somthing done at a shop it takes at least a service manager to write the repair order, a yard guy to move the item to the shop and a mechanic to do the job. If a shop is not going to get $50.00 out of the deal its not worth there time to write the repair order. Know remember most shops pay there mechanics FLAT RATE, not hourly. The mechanics don't want to even look at someone's stuff for under .5 . Here is somthing else to look at. A dealership's shop only has one thing to sell, LABOR. Service dept. has to make the dealership money just like sales, and parts dept. So does it make good business sence to pull of a mag for a guy that does his own work on he sled and brings in no revenue to your department. HE** NO!!

Now on the other hand, I have a good service customer, he brings in his sled to me for service, buy's his sleds from my sales dept, buys parts from my parts depatrment and comes in and says hey i'm in a bind could you pop this mag off for me. I'd probibly grab a puller and pop it off right there and not charge him or even write a repair order.

So to make a long story short if your going to do your own work, buy the tools you need to do the job and don't expect someone who is the the repair business to do a job for pennys (or free) to assist you. Just because you bought you sled from that dealer does not mean that dealer owes you free services.


Rant over!!

Flame on

 

[Macattack]

cjgodden, I understand what you're saying. No objections here, business is business.

However, I spend lots of moo-laa at the dealership, they know me, but I'm NOT looking for free chit either. That would be nice but that's not reasonable. On the flip side it's not reasonable to charge me a hour labor or min. labor for a simple 5 min task. Its good business to treat the customer well, so the customer returns.

other side of the coin .... my rant over.

 

[Macattack]

do you have a pully pulling devise or anything?

I doo but I need to break the nut loose first. I might have to fab a tool to lock the crank in place or buy the doo tool.

thanks all!

 

[bungeeguy]

You can get a full kit from harbor freight, super cheap and it works great. I just used one.

 

[Heavysledz]

Carefull using a generic puller like the one shown above. It does a great job and that's what I use as well but make sure you don't thread the bolts in too far or you will damage the stator as it is just behind the flywheel. Go to your local auto parts store like Auto Zone or Schucks (whatever is in your neck of the woods) and pick up a deep socket that fits the nut (can't remeber the size of the top of my head). It is the same size as many car wheel axle nuts. I used my impact wrench and used the puller above to hold it in place while getting the nut off then used the gear puller to pull off the flywheel. Pretty easy and when it comes loose...you will know

 

[Wheel House Motorsports]

I doo but I need to break the nut loose first. I might have to fab a tool to lock the crank in place or buy the doo tool.

thanks all!

i just jammed somthing in, then again, my pistons were shot, so i just hooked the skirt on the block so it couldnt turn over anymore, doesnt take much to just lodge something behind the crank. my way isnt super friendly, cuz whne i tore the motor apart, everything but the block got replaced, just be gentle and you should be fine

 

[800HMRK]

Another way to get the nut loose is to pull your spark plug and stuff some rope down into the cylinder and then roll your crank up till it hits the rope. It will dead lock that cylinder and then you can break the nut loose. I've done it many times and it works good.