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I have no vice, they can break pullers?

they can yes , a taper fit , easiest way is just shock . put on a vice not in it , or something hard steel anvil an old piece of steel really just something solid mate , then hit it with a decent hammer eat will ruin the seal most times so just easy to hit it sharply . not enough to damage but it will leave a bruise

Sorry vccomm lost man??

lift the whole engine . place the boss (rusty looking thing the blade plate fits onto)on something solid ...... then strike the other side of boss with a hammer it should pop off it is a taper fit not pressed on the crankshaft. sort of like a big V inside and end of the crank is too on the outside .
i have done it often just putting a sledge hammer on a steel bbq plate on concrete put the boss on sledge hammer and hit the side facing you not the thread though with a smaller ballpein hammer

up past the thread?

yujp . the thing with 2 sort of pins on it they just cover the thread a little . that is the blade boss it comes off , same with the pulley same way to remove it

so if i clamp the boss to something solid and put the nut on and give it a belt with a hammer?

not a great photo but you get the idea ?
nooooo , never hit then on the end

sorry mate i am a bit slow on the uptake.
shock it.
2 big hammers one under the boss on concrete one to hit the other side.
is that right??
thank you for your patience

hahaha . PHEW no worries , was a reason i dont teach , bad at explaining but you got the idea ??

i have an effinity with hammers. so you recon if i hit it hard enough the pully will come off past the thread?

yup just dont hit the thread and dont do it 1st to the one with pulley , never practise on stuff ya wanna keep
one or 2 sharp hard hits should do it though or again with the soaking wd or penetrene

(and no i dont use milk cartons was only for a demo')

this motor is toast should i practice on this

sure why not same deal really , same tools in the same way

well ill be.
Am excited now but the missus has said no to banging around in the backyard for the night.
where is the best place to spray WD40 thread or behind.
Your advise is gold vccomm cheers. may still need a bearing puller to get the flywheel off the 18

phew that was easy huh !! goodonya mate now you know its not hard next time
sort of .if the 18's still soaking it might budge now too with a little help . i've never used a puller here but maybe i'm just the lucky one
yes my cook thought im nuts outside in rain tonight looking for an engine too

She is not happy, i told her i was going to put my tools away no more banging.

great advice on practicing, the pully was quite difficult. you can probably see where i near missed,will file them down later.
I dont want to go to work tomorrow to work on this mower have had it for years.
cheers mate

no wprries , dont forget those spacers though huh see them on the orig' engine under the crankcase nuts ?
good time too do a rebuild now hahaha find out what the noise was in the old one

Vccomm do you know anything about this setup.


dont know if i should pull it apart to see if i need to put grease or what in.

not a lot no sorry , the ones i had were well past it when they got here , only saved the engines and a few bits . only selfdrives i worked on were hondas n rovers , they a pita enough . im sure blumby does though , very simillar to the autodrive and take a special belt too not just a normal V belt , another member ended up with the drive unit from one of mine .. scrapped the rest was beyond it
so i'll pass on the drive setup