Reply To: Oxford Allen Scythe Villiers Mk25c

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Thats a good idea, had not thought of that. A method I use to remove Briggs & Stratton flywheels is to put some wedges between the flywheel and the armature plate. Get a compressed air chisel, fit a point to it, place it in the centre of the crankshaft and pull the trigger. Never feel comfortable doing it though, armature plates are thin aluminium and always worry I could fracture it. Maybe with the Villiers it could be possible to suspend the engine ¼” off the floor, drive end down, with three of blocks of wood from the floor to the armature plate. So the engines weight is on the armature plate. Fit a packer between the cylinder barrel and the armature plate, put the wedges directly opposite the wood blocks and packer. Apply some heat to the flywheel centre and give the air chisel a go.