lstmanuk

i cant seem to build up enough compression to stop the flywheel, to allow me to remove the clutch bell, can any one help?? what other methods can you use? is it just easer to use a wrench??

thanks.

Nubian1

I can't think of the name of the tool, I'm at work and my brain doesn't work that well here. Mine is red you remove the glow plug and it screws in where the glow plug was, it will stop the piston at TDC which will allow you to loosen the clutch nut. I hope I explained this correctly.

O.G.SaNDMaN

that is a piston locking tool.....I use the same one carefull not to use to much pressurre or you could put a hole in the top of your piston

lstmanuk

nubian1...yeah i get what you meen i think i have seen them some where i think the are made by dynamite.

dragon108

Take off the exhaust and use a cable tie to stop the piston from moving make, shore you use a strong cable tie. It works for me.

captanabolic

It's a piston locking tool by DYNAMITE


Or you can just use a pair of channel locks, But that marks up the flywheel, I you are in a pinch take out the glow plug and insert a zip tie in the sleeve to keep th piston locked. This way you do not mar the sleeve or the piston.

lstmanuk

thanks for all the info... im sure i will get the clutch bell off now

captanabolic

LSTMAN,
If this is the first time taking of the clutch bell, I highly recommend heating the Clutchbell screw with some sort of heat source!! The threadlock on mine made me strip the hex screw and then I had a new can of worms to deal with. Then I heated up the screw with a soldering iron and D%%N it came right out!!! Hope this helps!!

captanabolic

Plus if any of you guys are using the PISTON LOCKING TOOL, It is very handy by the way I use a small piece of fuel tubing or the rubber boot off of a new glow plug on the end of it not to damage the piston. I'm sure it is fine with out it. But I'm paranoid that way!!! LOL

agge

channel locks worked great - if your careful you can put a rag around the clutch bell then grab onto it with the channel locks - and well.. that worked for me




~agge

Bungleaio

Becareful when using the piston locking tool, it's not hard to snap either the pins at the big or little end of the conrod. Just watch how much torque you put on it.

I used some pliers like these to grip the fly wheel. The screw came straight out

lstmanuk

captanabolic will a hair dryer do as a heat the source to heat the screw? and u said it was due to thread lock does that meen i should re thread lock it when i put it on again??

thanks.

LST-UK

Yea grips on the flywheel do the job....better of heating the screw with a soldering iron, dont know if a hairdryer will get hot enough...

captanabolic

Dude, A hair dryer might do it but I would higly recommend a soldering iron, I re thread locked that srew but I did not use red thread lock I used blue. Which holds good and you do not have to heat it to get the screw out.

icenutz

Just wait till the little washer locks the engine up for you.lol

Jayphred

Channel locks.

lstmanuk

just thought i would tell you that i managed to get it the clutch bell off... i used a weird looking ratchet wrench... worked a treat and the screw came rite out... also the springs were still black and my model #3406 just to let you know.

brushless

Check your clutch nut and make sure it's tight. I had the same problem and then tightened the clutch nut and I was able to hold the flywheel and remove the screw. Of course, this won't work until you take the backplate off and stop the piston from moving. It will work next time though, and you won't have to take the backplate off again.

eye one

I used a pair of vise grips with a rag. Good advise to use a hair dryer or something to heat it up. I kept doing the "righty-tighty lefty-loosey" in my head as I was thinking I was tightening it. It's on there good and tight.

There are 4 washers, the schematics(sp?) didn't really show but I guess 3 go on the inside of the bell (between the bearing and clutch) and 1 on the outside of the other bearing beteen it and the screw. Correct? I hope.