Lawn mower engine

I don't know the Villiers engine, but on motorbike flywheels built like this they normally sit keyed on a taper and you generally just screw a bolt (the extractor) down through the middle which will push the flywheel off when it butts up against the end of the crank.

From experience they usually use an odd bastard thread to avoid this being done unintentionally.

Peter

No these are self extracting flywheels, just keep undoing the nut and it will remove it from the taper, no extractor needed.

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John Stevenson Nottingham, England.

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On many Villiers they use a tool similare to the bicycle crank removal tools although on a larger scale. The tool is screwed into the thread on the flywheel and the bolt in the middle is screwed down to contact the shaft firmly, then give a whack with a soft faced hammer (e.g. rawhide or lead) and this should release it enough to screw the bolt in to extract the flywheel.

Don't know if this history helps you:

I have a picture of the extractor in use. See

John is right - Villiers lawnmower flywheels simply come off by keeping on unscrewing the nut. Nothing more complicated than that.

No surprises there:) Yet again I have managed to stay consistent with my habit of being wrong with alarming regularity. If I wasn't so enthusiastic (as opposed to well-informed) I'd get a complex about it.

Peter

If it is on a taper like a Villiers motorcycle engine the fun will come when you attempt to tighten it without moving the flywheel relative to the shaft. The recommended procedure is to use a Villiers "hammer type" spanner which is a hefty ring spanner with a large flat knob/block on the end. You time the engine and tighten the nut with the spanner in the normal way but not tight enough to move the flywheel. Then ,without restraining the flywheel , you smite the spanner with a hammer and let the engine rotate until it gets fed up.Don't do it with with the plug in. Good Luck, Jim.

you attempt to tighten it without moving the flywheel

type" spanner which is a hefty ring spanner with a

the spanner in the normal way but not tight enough

spanner with a hammer and let the engine rotate until

Hi Jim, see the picture link I posted earlier on this topic.