Fly Wheell

[lian]

im puting the degree key in today and everything is rusted under the cover is it gona be problem geting the flywheel off

and i heard you have to by a certian flywheel puller for banshees

[Yamaha_Banshee_Rider]

I had that problem too I had to weld the puller on to the fly wheel and pound it off I had to get a new Stator and Timing plate

 

I got all that form ricky stator for $250

[frocashmoney24]

soak it the whole thing in electric cleaner, get the puller (i got one for 6 bucks at the dealer) the threads twist ont he puller in the counter clockwise way, then u just screw the other screw threw clock wise and its off, try some wd40 to if its real bad

Edited April 17, 2004 by boonman

[cdcoxwell]

I also had a hard time getting mine off. What I did was

 

1. Get the flywheel puller, I got mine from Alba for 9.99

2. I put my foot peg back on and used it for a brace.

3. I also used liquid wrench around the rusted area.

4. Screw in the flywheel puller counter-clock-wise all the way in and then back off

one half turn.

5. Put some oil on the end of the center bolt so it will turn easily with all that

pressure being applied.

6. I used a cresent wrench on the outer area of the flywheel and turned the

whole flywheel until it met the footpeg(that's my brace), that way the flywheel

(engine) will not turn as you are applying some serious torque.

7. Then I used a half inch rachet on the inner bolt and most important a 3ft

CHEATER-BAR. If it were not for the cheater bar I believe it would have taken

me to other methods, headaches, and newly invented curse words.

8. Have someone tap on the flywheel as you apply the pressure.

 

I tried and tried for a couple of days to remove the flywheel and failed until I thought of the brace and cheater bar. Came of in about 5 secs.

 

FYI: My shee is an 87 and sat up for about 10yrs. The flywheel was really rusted on.

 

Hope this helps

[cdcoxwell]

Came OFF in about 5 secs not OF

 

Sorry for the typo

[richwuest]

You definatly need the special puller. Do not try using any other type of puller or prying, it will destroy the flywheel. As for me, I use the puller with it inserted fully into the treads of the flywheel, then use the impact wrench on the puller. Pops right off.

[2004LEBanshee]

carefull when putting the puller on. DONT mess up the thred or it wolln't go on.

[blazenlo]

everything is rusted under the cover

I hear this alot. Is there anything that you can do to stop this from happening?

[boonman]

Yep, drain it every once in awhile....