Clutch Removal - Well that didn't go according to plan....

[Old2stroke]

Clutches should be EASY to get off, especially if you have to remove them to change the sprocket. Screw-ons are just a bad design, they should be splined on. Where did the design team from Pioneer go?

 

[John Lyngdal]

I've worked on a lot of 350s that was the first saw I ever rebuilt. Anyway I took several clutchs of the same way you tried to. Till I ran into one that wouldn't budge.I then cut down a socket, that would fit under the springs and used a impact and they come right off.No damage nothing breaks they just come off.

What you have described is similar to my thoughts for the next removal attempt.
I think I can find a or modify an impact socket to fit over what remains of the clutch core and apply force needed to remove it.

 

[oldbuzzard]

I find factory clutch removal sockets are well wort their money. By the time you have wasted an hour using a hammer and drift you could have bought one, plus you don’t have to worry about breaking things.

 

[Chevboy0167]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1753805823...ZGR/7g9VfKtnUiJD/ZRtp9aQ==|tkp:Bk9SR9a75PjnYQ

 

[John Lyngdal]

Success! I removed the remnants of the clutch rotor and the threaded piece had nubs on it at the breakage point that I could engage with a impact socket.
Put the rope back in the spark plug hole and put a 36" 1/2" drive breaker bar to the task. put my knee on the top of the cylinder and gave the bar a push. The clutch rotor broke loose with very little force applied. Clearly this is a far better option than the hammer and chisel method. I removed the cord and installed the sparkplug and the saw roared to life with no apparent effects of its ordeal. Time to order some replacement parts.

 

[cscltd]

Clutches should be EASY to get off, especially if you have to remove them to change the sprocket. Screw-ons are just a bad design, they should be splined on. Where did the design team from Pioneer go?

They all got gassed when the Swedes took over