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raydhd · 07-22-2022, 08:37 AM

Went down in the 80 degree heat to finish the tear down of the VC 460 long rod. The BIG question was how to remove the flywheel.After watching tons of videos on you tube I decided on Steve's small engine saloon method. This is done by using an impact hammer with the rounded point into the center hole of the crank and and no bracing against the block. Mine didn't come off in 1 burst such as his BUT by the 3rd burst it was laying free. The other answered question was if my engine had an advance key installed by VC or not. It does not. The crank is flawless. The only thing I found today after pulling the crank is the block side balance shaft bearing fell out. The question there is that did the bearing boss loosened up from the 5600 rpm blasts for 8 years OR did my impact hammering the flywheel off merely vibrate it out of the block ?

07-22-2022, 08:37 AM	#2030
raydhd VC 460 CLONE GONE WILD Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Ray BY The Bay NJ Posts: 10,642	Re: Vc 460 Went down in the 80 degree heat to finish the tear down of the VC 460 long rod. The BIG question was how to remove the flywheel.After watching tons of videos on you tube I decided on Steve's small engine saloon method. This is done by using an impact hammer with the rounded point into the center hole of the crank and and no bracing against the block. Mine didn't come off in 1 burst such as his BUT by the 3rd burst it was laying free. The other answered question was if my engine had an advance key installed by VC or not. It does not. The crank is flawless. The only thing I found today after pulling the crank is the block side balance shaft bearing fell out. The question there is that did the bearing boss loosened up from the 5600 rpm blasts for 8 years OR did my impact hammering the flywheel off merely vibrate it out of the block ?