Homemade flywheel holder

[Whitty21]

well i didnt feel like paying 25 bucks for a pair of flywheel holders, which just look like a modified set of vice grips, and had some spare cold rolled steel, so i made my own, pretty basic design, dont think i really need to explain it.

it pivots at the center so it will work on other aplications as well, i used 3/8 bolts which fit nice and snug with helps.

hope this helps someone, here are some pics

 

[Xtreme24]

Clean and simple, I love making my own tools.

 

[slickerthanyou]

Nice Homie! So that's where you been? Toolmaker!!!

 

[Whitty21]

Nice Homie! So that's where you been? Toolmaker!!!

i ahve been around bro, lol, been busy with work and such, and pike and walleye are open, so i have been fishing lol

right now i a sweating my balls off right now in this cool 97 degree weather, i am canadian, you guys can take you damn hot weather back

 

[JonS]

great thinking man. may rig me up a way to do this too. have some rep...

 

[slickerthanyou]

i ahve been around bro, lol, been busy with work and such, and pike and walleye are open, so i have been fishing lol

right now i a sweating my balls off right now in this cool 97 degree weather, i am canadian, you guys can take you damn hot weather back

I have two A/C units down here at work bad condensor fan motors- has been a hot 83 inside all day and ya its 90 something outside. Crazy! Makes ya kind of miss the snow!

 

[Blaner]

nice man, looks neatly done. i made a similar design, but doubles as a clutch boss holder.

 

[79 bronco]

Nice work!!I:II:I

 

[theblasterboy]

nice and clean i love it lol

 

[super noober]

nice work whitty I:I, i just put my lightened flywheel on last night as well as playing with my timing and i was lucky and everything came apart easily with a impact gun.

 

[hugh]

you might want to cut them bolts down so they cant reach the coils if they sliped

 

[Whitty21]

The bolts pretent it from going to deep


That's what she said.........

 

[slickerthanyou]

The bolts pretent it from going to deep


That's what she said.........

Ya mean the nutz!

 

[Whitty21]

yes lol, i cant believe i screwed that perfect set-up up lol, oh well

 

[JBRoc01blaster]

Thanks for the idea bro, I just spent $134 between a case splitter, crank puller/installer and a flywheel puller and I did not want to spend anymore buying a flywheel holder let alone wait any longer to get my rebuild going. Thanks to this post I don't have to. GOOD STUFF !

 

[JBRoc01blaster]

Thanks for the good idea bro, I already spent $134 between a case splitter, crank puller/installer, and a flywheel puller and just bought a top end kit and a complete crankshaft assembly ( both from Wiesco) and forgot about the flywheel holder. I did not wanna spend any more money, or wait any longer to get my rebuild going and thanks to your post I don't have to. I already made one just like that one but I'm having a hard time gettin the first nut off my flywheel. I don't have an air ratchet/ impact gun but I have a good set of sockets and wrenches, if anyone has any ideas to help get that nut off a little easier I'd really appreciate it. (PLEASE HELP ME GET OUT RIDING AGAIN) Thanks !

 

[brandoz28]

a little penetrating oil, and a lot of elbow grease.

 

[JBRoc01blaster]

Aright thanks bro, I'm usually good at gettin "nuts off" haha but this one wasn't playin nice lol. I was a little hesitant spraying anything near my flywheel but like you said I just used a little and only got the nut and it was all good. Woulda thanked you earlier but my post didn't go through for some reason. Thanks again ! Should be ridin by next week : ) Can't wait to get the break in over with so I can really ride.