Yeah Charlie. That thing's not gonna cut itself!

 

How much of this can I cut? Of course not the gear, but I've been sticking mostly to the bowl, can I go further? It would make a better split. I'm going to take a chisel to it after I've got a slot down it. Hopefully.

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opcorn:opcorn:opcorn:

 

Having trouble getting the cutting disk in deep enough. I'm afraid of slicing the crank. I've made it through to a...something? There's an open space involved behind the basket.

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Hand held hack saw blade might work.

 

I'm gonna try to keep going like this and then I'll switch to that if I don't have much more luck. Doing this by hand would be... rather time consuming.

 

The bobberizers friend, the sawzall might work. You'd have to be careful with it though.

 

You know... I think Shelley (friend's I'm at) has one in her garage somewhere. ...I'll have to ask her when she gets back. For now, more sparks!

 

Got a chisel into it. Not how I planned but I think it's a good sign! Time to keep pounding!

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Something is happening....

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Yes......Something is happening, and?

 

chisel behind it....it's moving....

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Sweet!! You sure showed it!!!:lol2:

 

Oh no... I cut the crank.... but it's off.

Shelley took a look at it (decades of airplane engine/flight engineer experience so I tend to trust her judgement) and said it would be fine.

Still it upsets me that I cut into it.

The chisel behind it got it. Wish I would have thought of it before hand! But I hit it a bunch too.

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(The app crashes if I try to do two pics)

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now, we just wait for bikebandit to ship the seal (I originally bought the wrong one, I bought the one for the shifter) and then Duckster's flywheel should be here next week.... and that gives me time to clean the oil filter.

And put red threadlocker on everything.

 

The taper looks like it has some damage on it besides the cuts you put in it.

 

I don't think it does. It's got a LOT of rust on it, so I need to clean that up, and I think I'll make sure there's no burrs on the cuts I put into it.

Is the woodruff key supposed to be just a little nub? (just checking...)

 

Maybe it's just the different colors playing tricks with my eyes then.

 

The little button that holds the position of the flywheel and your ignition timing seems OK.
So do we conclude it was RUSTED ON? Hard to imagine how it could have rusted unless the thing was dunked and never got dried

 

Yeah, that was the main concern (and also why I didn't decide to go the "easy route" of cutting where the key goes, less material to cut).

There's something else on there, it might be red thread locker that got wet? I'm not sure. There's more than rust on it. But I can't tell what it is. I'm just going to clean it, de-burr it, and hope for the best after I put in the new seal.

The woodruff key slot on the flywheel looked a little banged up (from before me banging on it) which might have been something.

 

Yes its just a little button thing.

 

:dance: Party time Now it is off :dance:

 

arty0041:arty0048:arty0005:arty0010:

 

Let's hope for smooth sailing from here on in.:thumb:

 

Yes, I hope so!


Thanks for the help, everyone.....hopefully it turns out okay.


I'm saving the cleaning for tomorrow, lol

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Well the new one you're getting has less than 1000 miles on it and never saw any loctite or rust. and congratulations getting the old one off.. I hope your crank bearings have survived OK.

 

I sure hope so, too! That'll probably be the newest part on the bike!

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