Carb bolt fell into carb...

[68ragtop]

Do you have a Seadoo dealer near you? maybe bring the engine with you & see if they would let you use it for a small fee? Just a thought....


Seeing the engine rotates some, you might be able to use the rope trick to get the flywheel off too. Its incredible how tight those things can be. Racers suggestion basically fills the combustion chamber with un compressible rope so the crankshaft will not turn to TDC. Then you can get some leverage on the PTO flywheel to remove it. I had a 720 that was so tight I had to do some really unconventional things to hold the engine in place.

 

[Stevireno]

I've heard of that! Coil rope into the combustion chamber...

Will a traditional flywheel puller work?

Steve

 

[Stevireno]

got it, I'll get cracking (literally) on the case...

 

[68ragtop]

I don't think there is anywhere to clamp it onto. Hopefully Racer or someone else will chime back in & will confirm. When using the tool, sometimes they pop right off, & sometimes you have to get the tool really tight & tap the tool with a hammer. I had one that I had the tool as tight as I could get it. I walked back to my tool box to grab a persuader & the dang thing popped off by itself. I was so lucky, as it was inches from falling off my bench to the concrete floor. Do you have smaller "friendly" service center near you? That might be the quickest way to get it off.

 

[68ragtop]

got it, I'll get cracking (literally) on the case...

Glad you can still have a sense of humor thorough all of this

 

[racerxxx]

Gotta have the puller, that is why I put special puller in parenthesis. I knew I should have put links to the tools, LOL. I'm just trying to save you headaches.

With the below puller, just thread it on the snout of the flywheel and run the screw into the end of the crank, get it nice and tight. Sometimes i'll blip it with my impact gun, then with a 3# mini sledge hammer give the bolt a firm whack. POP, and it comes right off.


Here is the same puller for $24 shipped

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Seadoo-PWC-...ash=item419ab83b52:g:BB8AAOSwMzVTxBzD&vxp=mtr


PTO tool $14.95 shipped

http://www.ebay.com/itm/IMPELLER-RE...ash=item2ca3d94766:g:0uwAAOSwPhdU2C81&vxp=mtr

 

[ORION '95 Speedster]

I have found that this product is worth buying, and it may be relevant to this thread:

 

[Stevireno]

Thanks guys, for all your help! Order the puller and I'm going to take a break for repairs for the rest of October. Thanks for your advice and support!