Thread: Kawasaki JS550 Flywheel troubles

Hello guys and gals.

i have a 1984 kawasaki JS550 jetski that has a stuffed pulser coil on the magneto.

i have tried to get the stubborn flywheel off, but i have had no luck.
Is there any trick to getting these off? or are there places in Perth that will do this job?

so far i have tried.
- WD40
- Acid (to eat away some of the rust and corrosion)
- Penetrine (WD40 equivalent)

- Then a mechanical puller (which i destroyed the thread on the main bolt)
while heating the flywheel with a gas torch and hitting with a hammer....

- Then i hired a hydraulic puller (which i did up as tight as i could with the supplied handle - i didnt want to break it with an extension bar)

and it still didnt budge..

i figured my last option before i cut it off is to use an oxy torch to heat it up.

do you guys have any other ideas??

Thanks in advance,
Steve.

Got it off finally...


needed some more 'TLC' with the 2 lb hammer...