Verto flywheel wont budge
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We're having issues getting my verto flywheel off. I have a Sykes-Pickavant flywheel puller, and the amount of pressure used to turn the nut has just about stripped the threads in the puller.

We have tried tightening it up and then giving it a smack but it just won't budge.

Any other tricks of the trade?

Tom

Have you got the triangular bit absolutely parallel to the flywheel? You can twist the flywheel a touch if you're not careful.

Have you removed the big washer bit from the centre? It's real name escapes me...

key washer

Often overlooked, even by some the most experienced :$

Yep, the washer is out... And the triangular bit is parrallel

Ive had the same problem before. I left mine under tension over night and in the morning it was free. :)

Try a heat gun whilst under tension aswell.

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give it a bigger smack lol

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Nothing is impossible it just costs more and takes longer.

I've taken one off before and it shoot half way across the garage!

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.

heat will work

like said, leave it under tension and leave overnight

you could try some very direct heat, you dont want to heat up the puller or its securring bolts , as they awill noly stretch and relieve tension,

try get some heat into the boss, i use a pencill flame in a handheld plumbers torch, after 1/2 hr i give the boss a crack with a hammer and long bar ,

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How do Gents

It was left under tension from Saturday morning until tonight... Still nowt! Ha ha. F*cking thing. Next job is heat I think. We borrowed a hydraulic puller today but it was for pre-verto... doh.

Cheers Carl

ive got a 10 tonne puller, and still had to resort to the gas axe

vertos seem much worse for grabbing the crank then non verto for some reason

"Turbo's make torque, and torque makes fun"

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I snapped the bolt on my old puller on a verto. tried a new one and it popped straight off

Massive tension with the puller, then Massive hammer, and massive whacks !!! ( dont forget to turn the flywheel too.
Try not to damage the drop gear casing when whacking with the hammer though. Might be better with a long steel bar and hit it instead.


Failing that, its cut the fucker off !

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i think a 15lb hammer and a puller sorted one of mine, well it pulled the flywheel off taking come crank with it..

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The little bar steward has now budged!

I had to take the engine down to the local mini garage who had a bigger puller and an air chisel. We put ALOT of pressure using a big bar on the puller and then used the air chisel on the boss... ratta tat tat and it popped off! Hooray!

was there any damage on the tail?

If he got hit in the groin when the flywheel came of it would be more than his tail that was damaged!

Ha ha. No, no damage at all to the crank, thank god! (if there is one)