Im trying to get the cases split on an xlt motor. Ive already stripped the puller trying to get this sucker off.
Anyone have any magic tricks?
Anyone have any magic tricks?
Stubborn Flywheel wont come off...any ideas?
- Thread starter timber_tramp
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I've go the same problem, my uncle said he just took 1/4 piece of steel and made a template and used that to get it started then it just pulled right off. I'm going to try it tommarow on mine.
tough flywheel
everything Stew said was right. If she still wont budge, get a NICE new puller. Next go get some beefy bolts for it. I think mine were schedule 8. Now get a 2 or 3 foot piece of pipe for a breaker bar. Might seem a bit much, but it will come off. Give 'er hell, and it'll pop. Have fun, good luck!
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everything Stew said was right. If she still wont budge, get a NICE new puller. Next go get some beefy bolts for it. I think mine were schedule 8. Now get a 2 or 3 foot piece of pipe for a breaker bar. Might seem a bit much, but it will come off. Give 'er hell, and it'll pop. Have fun, good luck!
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These are things I have done to get them to come off.
Do as others say and get a good puller lined up straight and snugged up good and tight. Wack the puller straight on with a good heavy hammer. If you use a heavy hammer you don't have to swing it hard, but it will have a bunch of force behind it.
If that doesn't work, then take a torch, propane or gas just be careful because there are electrics behind the flywheel. Heat the fly wheel down by the crank shaft. Get it good and hot, so you can't really touch it with your had.
Check the tightness of the puller again. Now take an icecube and put it on the crank shaft end. You are trying to cool the crank shaft while the flywheel stays hot.
Another thing you can do is to do the above then take a brass drift and wack the face of the flywheel to shock it.
The final thing, if none of that works, is to put the puller on it good and tight and let it sit under tension for a day. Maybe even a couple of days. As it goes through warming and cooling cycles in the garage it will pop off.
I've always been able to get them off doing those things.
sled_guy
Do as others say and get a good puller lined up straight and snugged up good and tight. Wack the puller straight on with a good heavy hammer. If you use a heavy hammer you don't have to swing it hard, but it will have a bunch of force behind it.
If that doesn't work, then take a torch, propane or gas just be careful because there are electrics behind the flywheel. Heat the fly wheel down by the crank shaft. Get it good and hot, so you can't really touch it with your had.
Check the tightness of the puller again. Now take an icecube and put it on the crank shaft end. You are trying to cool the crank shaft while the flywheel stays hot.
Another thing you can do is to do the above then take a brass drift and wack the face of the flywheel to shock it.
The final thing, if none of that works, is to put the puller on it good and tight and let it sit under tension for a day. Maybe even a couple of days. As it goes through warming and cooling cycles in the garage it will pop off.
I've always been able to get them off doing those things.
sled_guy
also make sure the puller threads are clean and lubricated - I pulled the flywheel on my xcr last week and it came off very smoothly with moly on the puller threads.
Becareful not to hit the end of the puller too hard or you will break the magnets off the flywheel.
Def, get a good puller. My buddy had the same prob. with his xlt. He ended up gettin a new puller and it came, but it was still a pain. Def. some antisieze will help on the threads.
thanks for the help.
that stubborn SOB is off!
that stubborn SOB is off!
Buy U.s.a.!
If your puller is made in the U.S.A. you will never have a prob. If it's big enough! Bent two from china pulling a shaft bearing. And a long day.
James S.
If your puller is made in the U.S.A. you will never have a prob. If it's big enough! Bent two from china pulling a shaft bearing. And a long day.
James S.
slp fly wheel puller for polaris works wonders
Get a 3/8 piece of metal, drill three holes in it that lines up with your flywheel, put it on and start tightening them and it just pops right off.
