Re: Johnson super sea-horse 33 electric
Ditto. You can remove the flywheel nut completely to remove the plate underneath it which is held in place by those three small bots around the main flywheel nut. Once you've removed the plate, you can use is it as a washer for the 3 GRADE-8 1/4" x 20 bolts you got to use with your harmonic balancer that get threaded into the flywheel itself. However, before you begin to use the puller, reinstall the main flywheel nut per samo_ott's sugestion. Don't tighten it back down all the way, of course, just enough to keep the flywheel from possibly flying off. Put the plate you removed from under the flywheel nut on the flat, topside of the puller, then pass the bolts through the holes in the plate that the three little bolts came out of, then into the flywheel itself, but only go 7/16" (not quite half an inch). After that put the main, threaded rod from your kit throuh the center of the puller with the appropriately sized tip and begin to tighten it. The puller should remain level b/c all of the bolts have been threaded into the flywheel equally and the plate from beneath the flywheel nut you removed is now serving as a large washer essentially and is also helping to keep the puller level, with its FLAT side up.
After siting for years the flywheels can get a bit stubborn. Just be patient. It will come off. It's only held on by friction afterall. Also try levi_tsk's suggestion of hitting the center shaft of the puller with a hammer 3-4 times. This will often help to jar the flywheel loose a bit. You'll know it when it's free. You'll probably hear a loud "POW" sort of sound. You'll think you broke something, but you haven't that's just the sound of a stubbord old flywheel coming off for the first time in years. Go slow and be patient and you she'll come off. After that the rest is prety quck and easy, and replaceing the flywheel is much easier than trying to get it off. Keep us posted.
nouse
