Re: Merc flywheel removal
Putting a flywheel back on...<br /><br />This works for me, but I'm very careful to take it slow, and not slice up the line on the cylinder ports/piston interface.<br /><br />Before replacing the flywheel I feed some cotton line into a piston, in a circular patern, which effectively stops the piston from reaching TDC as the flywheel nut turns the crankshaft while tightening the nut. I torgue the flywheel nut, and then back off the nut, taking pressure off the line, and I fish the line back out (since I left an end hanging out of the sparkplug hole.)<br /><br />I've never had a problem doing it this way, but I can see putting a steel holder on the exterior of the flywheel might be a lot smarter than my method.<br /><br />fp