flywheel puller

[whiteflagwar]

is there a good way to pull the flywheel without the actual tool that honda has?

the bike is a 1975 honda cl360

 

[SDcaffinated]

if you can find a bolt with the same thread pitch as the honda flywheel puller bolt you can probably use that. i think the threads are 20mm x 1.5 right hand internal thread. if that helps...

 

[hillsy]

i have read that you can take your rear axle and thread it in and it will remove the flywheel... gonna give it a try.

I did that on my GS450. There's a hollow in the end of the crank that you need to put a small bolt inside (or something similar) so you can tighten the axle down onto. Then you give the axle a whack with a hammer and it pops straight off. I imagine it would be the same for the CB (??)

 

[rockcitycafe]

i just bought the tool from some online place, it was like $8 and saved me the trouble of taking something off the bike to do it

 

[Rocan]

buy the tool. Being cheap results in bigger problems that cost more then the right tool in the first place.

 

[hillsy]

buy the tool. Being cheap results in bigger problems that cost more then the right tool in the first place.

Actually, using the rear axle was in the workshop manual as an alternative to using a puller on the GS. No reason why it wouldn't work on the CB if the thread is correct.

 

[Rocan]

Actually, using the rear axle was in the workshop manual as an alternative to using a puller on the GS. No reason why it wouldn't work on the CB if the thread is correct.

if the cb is the same, sure why not. but id be super careful when trying to use your axle to remove the flywheel.

 

[hillsy]

It works fine, if your worried you might damage axle, find a metal block that fits over axle.
Hint - You ever do any weight lifting? about 5lbs will be fine ;D
Tighten axle into rotor
Use weight as a slide hammer

PJ

The method with the GS was to insert a suitable spacer into the hollowed crank end (like a 60MM M6 bolt with the head cut off) and to bolt the axle down onto this. Then a light tap with the hammer on the axle end and the rotor would "pop" off. They are a press taper fit.

 

[hillsy]

Suzuki actually make a slide hammed and adaptor to remove rotors, they have been using it since 70's, possibly earlier, that's just when I started working on them

Yeah - I knew they made them. I wasn't saying using a slide puller was wrong, just saying this was the alternative method used in the workshop manual (Haynes, i think???)