Flywheel/rotor came off in 30 seconds

[yamagrl]

Honest to God... it came right off.. smooth as silk.

 

After I removed the the rotor bolt, the one with the squirrely little wire in it, I sprayed PB Blaster on the shaft/rotor juncture and proceeded to install the puller. I secured the crankshaft from turning by putting a 1/2" extension through the puller bolts and added a lengthy cheater so as to jamb the crank from turning when I get with it on the puller center bolt.

 

The PB Blaster must have traveled down the keyway.

 

There was not a great amount of resistance turning the puller bolt with just a 1/2" breaker bar with NO cheater. It just slid right off.

 

Was I ever pleasantly surprised!

 

PB Blaster... your're the man! (Well, maybe not... Mick Jagger is the man... 72 and a baby on the way! Way to go Mick!)

[cowpuc]

But,,, ,,, let me guess,,,, its been off before right?? I only guess that cause EVERY time I have removed one that had never been off before it was the old ,,, :duck::duck: :missingtooth:routine.....

 

OUTSTANDING YAMAGRL and thanks for the advice!

[Black wing]

i dunno i think you made up this whole story those things are held on with hatred and loathing

[yamagrl]

But,,, ,,, let me guess,,,, its been off before right?? I only guess that cause EVERY time I have removed one that had never been off before it was the old ,,, :duck::duck: :missingtooth:routine.....

 

OUTSTANDING YAMAGRL and thanks for the advice!

 

I have no idea if it was ever off before. This was on my 86 parts bike.

 

What led to PB Blaster is that I fought with the one on Big Red and could not get it to budge. For over an hour I used cheaters and whacked the puller shaft/bolt with a 2 1/2 lb hammer and it wouldn't budge. I had to leave for a couple of hours so I took the puller off, sprayed PB Blaster and put the puller back on. I returned about four hours later added tension on the puller, whacked it once and it came loose...hmmm?

 

I was amazed at how easily it then came off. So when I went after the one on the parts bike I sprayed the PB Blaster on it and it came right off... in like 30 seconds, maybe 30 seconds... hmmm? It actually took longer to install the puller.

 

I have no idea if either one has ever been off and I can't swear that the PB Blaster is the magic bullet but I am certain that I will never attempt removal of the flywheel without it.

 

I've read a lot of threads that talk about how hard they are to remove, but I've not seen anything about them being easier the second time around. I may have simply gotten lucky.

 

Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good!

 

YG

[yamagrl]

i dunno i think you made up this whole story those things are held on with hatred and loathing

 

Don't ya just love good old fashioned fairy tales where the Princess is rescued by the handsome Prince PB Blaster and live happily ever after in Ventureland?

Edited August 14, 2016 by yamagrl
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