I just decided to remove the flywheels from all my parts engines - 13 in total.
12 of them the flywheel came off with a bit of coaxing - but the other one.....
I tried everything:
- The traditional way - holding up by the flywheel, belting the nut on the end of the crank
- Penetrating Fluid
- Heat - I was a bit wimpy with this - didn't want to fry the coil
- Resisted the urge to use a puller
- Used my air-hammer on the end of the crank shaft
This is the first time I've ever broken a flywheel - I try to be quite disciplined because I have read so many warnings.
So my question is - what are our options when the buggers just won't move - you may notice that I have bent the end of the crank, so obviously I was belting it too hard and off centre.
Of course I still have to get the broken remains off the end of the crank
On the plus side - the coil is good - the points look like they will be OK with just a clean and lots of other parts are salvageable.