So, this thread and others gave me the confidence to do my first flywheel removal. I am freshening up a few of my saws. I was glad to see so many people were endorsing the hammer approach. I tried the vice grip and double vice grip approach. No good. I tried screw drivers. No good. I tapped, I tapped harder, I struck. No dice. I made a simple puller out of 3/16 steel and put long screws into the pawl holes and a bolt sharpened to a point on the crank. I tightened it up slowly, I tapped the center nut, I tapped the flywheel. TIghtened some more and tapped some more. I gave up last night and put some Kroil on it overnight with the pressure of the puller still on it. Im worried if I do anything more I will damage the threads on the flywheel, they are only aluminum. In fact, in a moment of haste, I damaged the threads on the crank. :bang: I knew better. I can fix it, if I can get the flywheel off. By the way I chose my worst saw to try this on, a 268xp. Id like to get a die for the threads to clean them up. Does anyone know the thread size? I assume the next phase is heat if the Kroil hasnt worked its magic by the time I get home tonight? Any tips for this? Is a heat gun the way to go? Aparently I chose the flywheel from hell to pull my first one. :msp_mad: