59 replies to this topic

[Tommyboy12]

I will try the other way round tomorrow. Im gunna leave it overnight and see if it pops off.

[new_zealand _minis]

+1 i have also had to cut a verto fly wheel off .... i heated tried . nothing . heated tried .. broke the 3 bolts off ... then cut the son off with the gas axe great fun

[MRA]

Inch and a half.

My neighbor gave me mine, its on a 3/4 drive adapter.

1-1/2" would be a bolt.....

And if it is the bolt then yes the washer does come straight off...

The large nut on the end of the flywheel .... well clutch plunger is 15/16" AF as is the flanged nut underneath...

Verto flywheel bolt is 30mm...................

Oops .... yes the Verto flywheel bolt is 30mm

In almost 30 years I have never had to cut a flywheel off......

If Carlsberg made flywheel pullers they still wouldn't be as good as our own make

Out of interest anyone who would be interested in a super strength flywheel puller then PM / email me ......

Edited by mra-minis.co.uk, 22 June 2011 - 10:30 AM.

[Tommyboy12]

It didnt pop off. Im going to attack it with an angle grinder. My only problem now is that my puller is jammed on! Ive got it so tight it wont back off!

[stickycreambun]

BFH/heat/bad words?

[Duggy]

I was a little dubious about removing mine but in the end it came off fairly easily. I simply used a combination of a decent puller and a blow torch.

Tentioned the puller up to a reasonable amount then applied heat to the area surrounding the crankshaft mating surface for about 10 minutes. As the heat built up and the metal started to expand I carefully tightened the puller down a little more bit at a time until the flywheel came away.

[Cooperman]

Last year it took me almost 3 weeks to get an MPI Verto flywheel off. It was the most difficult one I've had to do in over 48 years of working on Minis. I broke one puller, used heat, quenched it with water, then used plumbers Arctic Spray, then heat again, then rapid quench again, then more Arctic Spray, all this coupled with ever increasing torque on the big bolt and a large club hammer on the bolt head. I tightened it a bit more every day.
Finally I gave it a huge belt with the hammer and off it came. The key is perseverence. I got a bit close to grinding it off, but didn't want to admit defeat. It's all back together now and running fine.

[StefanPieter]

Hello Guys

I am looking to buy a puller but the claimed mini puller is a lot more expense. The concern is that the bolts won't fit as they are metric.

Please help as I don't want to buy twice.

Mini puller
Laser 0301 Flywheel Puller - Mini https://www.amazon.c...i_EjMhDbC03XQ4N

General puller
Silverline 580487 Harmonic Balancer Puller Kit 13-Piece Set https://www.amazon.c...i_4uMhDbWRSRHXY

[cal844]

Buy or rent the Guessworks heavy duty one

[StefanPieter]

Buy or rent the Guessworks heavy duty one

Unfortunately it is out of my price range at the moment.

[cal844]

Buy or rent the Guessworks heavy duty one

Unfortunately it is out of my price range at the moment.

Buy outright here £96.00 inc VAT

http://www.guess-wor...play.htm?id=501

John does a rental scheme on the heavy duty pullers

Rental and details here £120 with refundable deposit and one way shipping (returns slip can be added )

http://www.guess-wor...play.htm?id=532

If it's out your price range I've used a Laser tools one with success, in the past

Edited by cal844, 04 July 2019 - 09:02 PM.

[StefanPieter]

Buy or rent the Guessworks heavy duty one

Unfortunately it is out of my price range at the moment.

Buy outright here £96.00 inc VAT

http://www.guess-wor...play.htm?id=501

John does a rental scheme on the heavy duty pullers

Rental and details here £120 with refundable deposit and one way shipping (returns slip can be added )

http://www.guess-wor...play.htm?id=532

If it's out your price range I've used a Laser tools one with success, in the past

Thanks for the feedback

There price for the general puller is £10 to give you an idea but I am unsure the M10 or M8 bolts supplied with it would work.

[Rorf]

That 10 pound general puller will not work. The price says so

[GraemeC]

I’m sure you've read the many threads on here (including this one) about just how difficult flywheels can be to remove. Having done so, do you honestly think a £10 tool will be up to the job, correct bolts or not?

Also - that ‘general’ puller is a harmonic damper puller - these are generally a good engineering fit on the crank but essentially are just a sliding fit. This is quite different to the taper fit if a flywheel which requires considerably more force to ‘break the taper’.

Edited by GraemeC, 05 July 2019 - 02:45 PM.

[Wiggy]

I have the Laser Flywheel Puller. Used it 3 or 4 times. Worked perfectly well.

 

There's a "Used Once" one on Ebay right now £13 BIN + £2.90 P&P.

 

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