sjlepes
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Good afternoon. I purchased a Stihl 045 av super electronic before the holidays and have since started tearing it down to rebuild.
My questions are: now that I have the saw down to the crank case, flywheel and clutch, 1. what kind of puller do I need to remover the flywheel (fan and flywheel are sperate and when the fan comes off you are left with there screw holes in the flywheel)?, 2. how the hell do I get the clutch nut off? its tight as hell and reverse thread I believe? 3. the most scary of my questions, there is a considerable amount of lateral play in the crankshaft, is it bearings? the bearings do not look discolored but it looks like the bearings are moving in this manner with the crankshaft. maybe the bearings have loosened in the case? maybe the case is cracked or broken? I have to crack the case and what tool do I need?
thank You
My questions are: now that I have the saw down to the crank case, flywheel and clutch, 1. what kind of puller do I need to remover the flywheel (fan and flywheel are sperate and when the fan comes off you are left with there screw holes in the flywheel)?, 2. how the hell do I get the clutch nut off? its tight as hell and reverse thread I believe? 3. the most scary of my questions, there is a considerable amount of lateral play in the crankshaft, is it bearings? the bearings do not look discolored but it looks like the bearings are moving in this manner with the crankshaft. maybe the bearings have loosened in the case? maybe the case is cracked or broken? I have to crack the case and what tool do I need?
thank You