Easiest Way To Remove a Stuck Flywheel (Try This)

How to remove a stuck flywheel with an air chisel hammer. Sometimes your flywheel is seized to a point where even a 2 or 3 jaw puller just won't remove it. Air hammers use air compression to work...stay tuned to see how it handles this flywheel...

In this video, Steve is working on the flywheel of a Honda GC160. You will need an air compressor in order to use an air chisel hammer. The air chisel hammer is a type of percussion tool basically like a mini jackhammer. See where Steve applies the pressure of the hammer so that no damage is caused to the flywheel or engine and the flywheel just pulls right off...

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[hermannweiss]

UNBELIEVABLE broke puller tried different puller, no go
Applied some heat from torch . tapping wheel wile tightening puller no go.Lots of penetrating oil.
I saw Steve's video yesterday.This morning i thought that i might give it a shot with my air hammer
what can i loose . Low and be-holed one bang and the wheel broke loose and problem solved.
Steve thank you very much. Keep up the good work because we need people like that...
YOU HAVE A 6 STAR FROM ME

[stephenzies]

I've Used An Air Hammer In The Automotive Field For Almost 50 Years. With All The Diff. Kind Of Bits It Has Endless Uses

[OldJoe]

It's worth buying an air chisel just for this one application. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[karlschwab]

I just found this video two days to late! I had to remove the flywheel from a Colman mini-bike engine that appears to have the very same flywheel as on your engine in this video. I used my old puller; and well, you know the routine. But it was a lot more effort than you just displayed here. My flywheel had the magnet come off and that broke the coil from its casting mounts, a big problem. I am going to try and remount the ignition coil somehow. Thanks for this tip Steve, it's a good one!

[Twistedstar]

I just a tried it just now, on my first attempt at fixing a lawn mower. Worked!!

[otisthomsen]

I've used this method twice and worked great!!! thanks for the video

[caerbannog]

Wow! It didn't pop off like in the video but I used the pneumatic hammer on a rivet while a puller had it in tension and it came right off after struggling with it for 4 hours. Thanks!

[vicktor]

All i can say is thanks for sharing this tip.I tried several times with a large gear puller on my 11 hp honda with no luck.I then came across your video .Hooked up the air hammer and shazam off it came.

[Willy]

Steve I just tried this on a Tecumseh lawnmower engine to replace the flywheel key.
Worked like a charm.
Thanks and Cheers.

[bobwiken]

I saw you Vid when it came out. I found a 1950 Power Products 3 HP engine I thought I' d repair. Your trick clicked off the flywheel in 2 seconds. Engine was too far gone to re build. Thank you. I will use this again.

[gregoryfranklin]

Watching you get surprised was the best !

[nashguy]

Yep it works I have done that many times sometimes you need a pry bar behind the flywheel. Stella is awesome!!

[ronkennedy]

works also with a non-rotating hammer drill with similar pointed tool

[patthesoundguy]

I have been doing that for a while now, it's magic, especially for the larger flywheels like the 18hp Inteks on ride ons. I like the air hammer because I don't miss and bust fins off of the flywheel 😉

[almclean]

Liking the intro. Been watching a mechanic using an air chisel to take splined shafts out of hubs, the air chisel is good for that too. Great video Steve.

[themowerman]

Hi Steve.. an air tool is a fantastic way to remove one.. that or a big hammer

[JulianA-trpt]

Was recently working on a Homelite DM50, which is a concrete/multipurpose saw similar to their 450 chainsaw. 75cc I think. Given to us in rough shape. Was "seized" (or so it seemed), after sitting in a damp area for a year or 2. After multiple oil soaks and dismantling it, I figured it was time to take the flywheel off. Was about to give the air hammer a try, after breaking my only puller that fit and switching to a hammer and center punch, but one more hit and miraculously the engine un-seized! Must've been some mild rust, combined with the nasty concrete dust. Actually got it running now, too, for the first time since owning it. Mean saw, and heavy.

Definitely will get the air hammer out for future flywheels.

[qurqo]

I have always feared that this would destroy bearings and crack aluminium casings.

Perhaps you could do video with some broken engines to show us how much pounding they can take?

[edwardtatham]

Steve you can also get a hammer bit for your air hammer. It works good for a shaft that doesn't have a hole in the center