Sounds like your full of yourself today Gregg. Why wouldn't he have that OEM clutch on that saw, don't new saws come with OEM cluthes on them?? And no he wasn't holding the flywheel, why would he have to, he used a impact wrench. I think he went the wrong way trying to take it off and that hammering from the impact wrench tighenting instead of loosening did the number, pretty obvious since nothing was broke untill that impact wrench got ahold of it. Good reason not to use one don'tcha think,:hmm3grin2orange::hmm3grin2orange::hmm3grin2orange:
Howdy,
I'm always full of myself. If you didn't wipe your nose after you shake my hand, you might not even know. I threw this in "And now back to your regular programing." hoping folks would know I was kidding. We pretty much dealt with Husqvarna as far as sales go. Until the recent past they all had outboard clutches. 8 tooth rims were pretty popular in these parts. We would have customers show up and buy 20 or more saws at a time and want the rims changed. By the time we changed the rims, fueled, oiled, and adjusted them, we were into it a couple hours. You add R&R top covers, R&R spark plugs, R&R piston stops, and it could double the time. Our way the customers could go have a meal, and a couple beers, and be on their way. This was important because we're in the middle of nowhere. We would have people drive a few hours to get here without a heads up, and expect to leave with everything they needed. If it was late in the day, the old man would have to pay overtime, and buy the beer. This was frowned upon.
I"ll have to agree with you that the impact wrench might not be the best suggestion for the end user.
P.S. This might turn some peoples hair gray but, we torqued them with the chainbrakes.
Regards
Gregg