i **** you not, fo r the last 8 hours i have been trying to pul my fly wheel off, i got the 2 and 1/8 inch nut off the flywheel, that was easy, i even have a fly wheel puller but the damn flywheel refuses to pop off! i dont understand, ive used half a bottle of wd-40 on it and im dead tired of ******* with it? anyone have this problem, i even had my buddy helping pry at it while i used the fly wheel puller!, arg!!!!!!!!!!!

Put the puller back on it and try hitting the flywheel off with a dead blow hammer.



You might have to rotate the flywheel around to keep it even coming off.



I've heard of guys heating it up also.

im afraid if i heat it up ill ruin the rear eccentric shaft oil seal?

i use a block of firewood. hit the crap out of it with the firewood works like a CHARM.... put on some gloves so you don't get splinters. i know its ghetto but it works https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png

or warp it by heating it up, thats a mistake! im gonna try to put the puller back on it and hit it hard as hell, i even have a **** load of firewood, im so tired i dont even remember if i have done this already?lol

all my flywheels came off using this method so i'm 3 for 3.............https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png

I just went around with a crowbar between it and the rear housing and it was off in under 5 minutes https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png

i tried that bastard wouldn't come off https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/angry.png

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If it makes you feel better, my flywheel decided it REALLY likes to come off remember https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...O_DIR#>/11.gif https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...1047683785.gif

i tried that bastard wouldn't come off https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/angry.png[/quote]

If it makes you feel better, my flywheel decided it REALLY likes to come off remember https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...O_DIR#>/11.gif https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...1047683785.gif[/quote]

i was able to try my flywheel removal method on three engines it worked every time https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...>/rolleyes.gif

The method that always works for me is to pry one side with a prybar while banging the opposite end with a hammer. Doing that in various spots should do the job.

Romeo at T&R showed me that method.

I tried just tapping it with a hammer with the puller on it, but that didn't work. I eventually left the puller on and pried around the edges with a crow bar which popped it off real quick.

you need a 20lbs hammer(dead hammer) and bang it on the side every 90 degres and should popup !



my 2 cents

i don't need no stinkin puller https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png

I used a cheap autozone T puller to preload the flywheel then just smacked the flywheel with a large hammer, be sure to leave the big nut on the end of the eccentric shaft if you use this method (or probably any other method too) just threaded on a few turns. It will keep the flywheel from flinging off the eccentric shaft and getting damaged smacking the floor. This method worked for removing my stock flywheel and removing the AT counterweight during my rebuild (switched to the aluminum flywheel first time around).



That autozone T puller is a piece of crap though, I don't suggest getting any tools from there, the build quality is horrible. Broke the double flare tool from them first use.



hmm, speaking of rebuild, that mazdatrix shipment of all new S5 street ported housings should be arriving today https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/smile.png

the use of firewood to remove the flywheel worked like a charm, i had to beat the **** out of the bitch before it finally decided to pop off, now im gonna make sure the piece of firewood i used never gets burned,lol thanks for the help, now i can get the damn thing resurfaced and spend more money,lol piece and thanks :bigok:

congrats told ya so https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png

behold and bow down to the all mighty and powerful flywheel stump remover! notice the indents from the flywheel alighnment pins to the pressure plate,lmao, its never gonna get burned in the fireplace!piece

I just use the puller and run it down with the impact.

That would definately snap the autozone T puller in half https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/smile.png

i broke the autozone puller,lol and i didnt have to pay for it and i still got my money back on it! trust me my flywheel was on there really really really good, i had to hit it a good dozen times with a 30 pound stump,lol

actually i couldn't get my first flywheel off. took me till the second time to figure out about the block of wood trick https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/smile.png

I used a puller on 2 bolts in the center of the flywheel. Loaded it up some and then hit the puller bolt a couple times with a sledge hammer.



I didn't even have to lug a huge stump around.

my stump goes everywhere i go,lol

I just used one long threaded bolt(from Mazdatrix flywheel holder). It did the job perfectly the first time around.

a good t bar puller and a 4lb hammer will do it. tighten puller down and hit center on puller bolt.