Working on getting my buddy's lower end off of his 701. We thought we had it down path and didn't realize the stator has a bolt in it that holds the bottom crank case cover to the block. We took the inital bottom bolts off and flywheel cover off and started to try and pull the cover off. After a few pulls we realized something was wrong and it wasn't the guide pins causing it to not come off.
We found out that we had to take off the flywheel first. We went to the store and grabbed a puller. Took the flywheel bolt off and then put the flywheel puller on. Started cranking and no dice, won't budge. He is afraid to hurt the crank anymore than he might have already due to us unknowingly pulling the pan while it was still connected to the stator.
How much damage could we have done to the stator or possibly the crank as well? Is it usually this difficult to get the flywheel off? I did a search and found it to be so but I am wondering if anyone has ever hurt the bottom end of their motor trying to pull one of these off? We definitely don't want to mess stuff up more than we might have already and since this is our first time pulling the bottom end of a 701 off any advice from experience would be great.
Thanks guys.
We found out that we had to take off the flywheel first. We went to the store and grabbed a puller. Took the flywheel bolt off and then put the flywheel puller on. Started cranking and no dice, won't budge. He is afraid to hurt the crank anymore than he might have already due to us unknowingly pulling the pan while it was still connected to the stator.
How much damage could we have done to the stator or possibly the crank as well? Is it usually this difficult to get the flywheel off? I did a search and found it to be so but I am wondering if anyone has ever hurt the bottom end of their motor trying to pull one of these off? We definitely don't want to mess stuff up more than we might have already and since this is our first time pulling the bottom end of a 701 off any advice from experience would be great.
Thanks guys.