23-06-2018, 10:33 PM
(This post was last modified: 23-06-2018, 10:38 PM by Zetomagneto.
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[quote='jboy964' pid='12122' dateline='1529766839']
Looking for a little advice here. I cannot shift the starter dog nut on my Magneto engined seven! Before I break anything expensive could I ask for guidance from those that have already been there.
Engine is out of car, stripped to the point of just crank and bearings in case, flywheel off but back on for the purpose of starter dog removal.
Will an impact wrench do it?
Cheers, John
Do you have a decent bench mounted vice which is secure, if so refit the flywheel
together with its key, tighten up the nut reasonably, tip the whole lot upside down on the vice, grasp the upper portion of the flywheel in the vice, tighten vice with scaffold tube or similar, fit your spanner or socket then put a prop between the floor and the underside of the spanner, preventing rotation of the flywheel is the main issue.
You may find the spanner wants to jump off the nut, is so, if you have a welder tack weld the spanner to the hexagon
I don’t favour the hitting a spanner method as usually something get broken or damaged.
Rgds Gene
Looking for a little advice here. I cannot shift the starter dog nut on my Magneto engined seven! Before I break anything expensive could I ask for guidance from those that have already been there.
Engine is out of car, stripped to the point of just crank and bearings in case, flywheel off but back on for the purpose of starter dog removal.
Will an impact wrench do it?
Cheers, John
Do you have a decent bench mounted vice which is secure, if so refit the flywheel
together with its key, tighten up the nut reasonably, tip the whole lot upside down on the vice, grasp the upper portion of the flywheel in the vice, tighten vice with scaffold tube or similar, fit your spanner or socket then put a prop between the floor and the underside of the spanner, preventing rotation of the flywheel is the main issue.
You may find the spanner wants to jump off the nut, is so, if you have a welder tack weld the spanner to the hexagon
I don’t favour the hitting a spanner method as usually something get broken or damaged.
Rgds Gene