Somewhere on teh intarwebs "S" typed:
I supported the bottom of the engine block as much as I could on wood
and then thumped the shaft at the flywheel end and out it came (quite
easily) ...problem solved.

Yeah, a bit of an impact moves them quite easilly.

Now I can start the re build.

Best of luck. :-)
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Thanks for all the input guys.
appreciated



"Dave Liquorice" wrote in message
ll.net...
On Mon, 27 Oct 2008 23:03:34 +1300, ~misfit~ wrote:

Loosed the nut until it's flush with the end of the shaft (or put it
back on like that) then get someone to lift the mower / engine
*just* off the ground by the flywheel. The belt the end of the
shaft / nut with a hammer.

Some one holding it wouldn't be able to hold it firm enough, it
would need to be supported. There isn't much ga[p between flywheel
and engine and it doesn't protude (at least on my engine). I'm not
quite sure what effect the impacts would have on the magnets in the
flywheel for the ignition... --
Cheers
Dave.