Flywheel issues

[airn99]

Against what I've heard i went ahead and tried to pull my flywheel with a 3jaw puller. Of course no luck so now i guess i've gotta get the right tool. Which is what i shoulda done in the first place i just didnt wanna have to wait a week or so to get it. Anyways is there anyway to tell if i've done any damage to the flywheel. With the cylinders off and the pistons removed i can spin the crank and feel the magnetic force of the flywheel against the stator. Is it a sign i bent it or am i just bein paranoid?

[jbooker82]

I dont know why you would be paranoid if you went a head and tried a 3 jaw puller. Guess if the crank takes a #2 on you then you will know the flywheel is bent.

[notsed]

just get a new flyweel the one you used a 3 jaw on is most likely bent now and will tear apart your crank

[dajogejr]

Commit the crime, do the time....

 

Usually the crank will be ok, but the flywheel gets warped using a 3 jaw puller.

 

Have a machinist spin it on a lathe and see how bad you tweaked it...but, if it were me, I'd find a good used one and go that route.

[magz]

can this thread be moved to the hall of shame?

[J-Madd]

Against what I've heard i went ahead and tried to pull my flywheel with a 3jaw puller. Of course no luck so now i guess i've gotta get the right tool. Which is what i shoulda done in the first place i just didnt wanna have to wait a week or so to get it. Anyways is there anyway to tell if i've done any damage to the flywheel. With the cylinders off and the pistons removed i can spin the crank and feel the magnetic force of the flywheel against the stator. Is it a sign i bent it or am i just bein paranoid?

 

 

Common mistake for those not warned, but you said you knew not to use it.....I ruined the flywheel on my first Banshee like that, but I didn't know about the puller.

 

You can get a puller from magic racing in a couple days, btw.

 

Good luck and welcome to the HQ! :beer: