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[wile e coyote]

After being smug for years that I've never had a problem removing a flywheel karma cam back to bite...... a 30k 998 I picked up a year or two ago as part of a job lot of cheap bits...going to rebuild it to as new as a spare and in the process teach my sprog how to do it. -  came from a draughty seaside garage - that should have been a warning ...salt air.... puller on and cranked mighty tight - heat, freeze spray... no joy,  left for a day or two....

 

So yesterday broke out my longest breaker bar and slapped 16 stone of me on the end.... nothing.... but amazed the cheapo laser puller don't break.... demoralsed went to bed.....

 

3am this morning - an almighty bang...woke up checked the house was ok and went back to bed.....

 

This morning my neighbour questions whether I heard anything....so in true dimwit fashion didn't put 2+2 together.... walking past the garage there's a huge dent in the door.... yep the flywheel came off with some force - must've flown a good 4 feet......

 

Now off to beat the garage door back into shape......whilst ignoring next door!

 

 

[Anthony30]

[sledgehammer]

funny - but it is the best way to do it

 

just wait , & it will come off , not usually over that distance

 

I usually put a heavy blanket over it , surprising how it dampens the force

[ukcooper]

got that t-shirt :)

[mab01uk]

Glad you or the 'sprog' weren't standing in front of it at the time........

[carthorse]

Been there too. Had a flywheel which just refused to budge years ago. I had the engine wedged in a corner of the garage while I wound more pressure on the puller with a scaffold pole over the end of my biggest breaker bar.
After the end of the Draper (so it wasn't a total cheapo one) bar failed I had a bit of a paddy kicked the wall a few times and went into the house for a brew.
About half an hour later there was a almighty bang and crash from the garage which sounded very expensive..........

I found the flywheel and puller embedded in the side of my rollcab about a foot away from the engine. The pullers handle had put such a dent in the side of the rollcab I couldn't open the bottom drawer anymore.

Removing the flywheel has been top of my jobs to be avoided at all costs list ever since!

[greenwheels]

I have a pet theory that a slipping clutch will cause the flywheel to momentarily heat up more than the crank and cause it to slide a fraction up the taper, so making it more difficult to pull off. Maybe that's a bit of an eccentric theory, but I find myself telling people to change a slipping clutch ASAP just in case.

[Dusky]

Î've heard similar stories. :)

The first flywheel I ever saw removed was from my dads race mini. Flew into an old brick wall and left a serious dent. 

[Richie83]

Crikey. That's a lucky escape mate. Also a great burglar deterrent.

[Chris1992]

I changed to a lightened flywheel not too long ago. Luckily it didn't take too long to get the old one off, but having never changed a flywheel before I was a bit of a noob! I was honestly expecting it to slowly start to ease off as I applied more pressure to the puller, so of course I damn near had a heart attack when the thing flew off at warp speed!!

[burchy35]

I always use a big impact wrench on the puller. That always brings the flywheel off but you still have to be ready for the bang. They are a bit of pig if the flywheel has been on for a long time and well lapped on.

[alex-95]

I've got guessworks Heavy Duty "Gerrof ya b'stard"puller, I don't think I would have got one flywheel off without it, It come off with a bang but the nut that you tighten onto stops the flywheel flying off.

[wile e coyote]

Glad i'm not alone in the experience! - equally that nothing too precious - i.e bodies in the way....my bodywork skills although ok on the car seem to have abandoned me  on the garage door - right horlicks

[GraemeC]

I put two repair washers on each of 4 of the wok bolts and wind them back into the flywheel housing, evenly(ish) spaced around the circle. These 'catch' the flywheel as it releases and stop it flying across the garage, into your shins or anything else in the way.

[mattmiglia]

:) funny