Deere2me wrote:bgsengine wrote:Deere2me wrote:You DID notice the OPs flywheel is cast iron, right?
Doesn't matter - overtorque them, they can still split - have seen it myself - after somebody used a 1/2" impact with
no common sense applied..
Common sense being the key word!
Personally, Ive not seen a cast iron flywheel split...must be a Pennsyltucky thing!
I'm sure you will eventually
- after 30+ years in the business, working with them 6 - 7 days a week, Whether they were aluminum or cast Iron, Ive seen them split, cracked, broken, come loose, even cracked all the way around the hub so the flywheel would spin, but the crank would not turn... and even shattered to bits and blown out through the blower housing in shrapnel pieces (one of those was on a Wisconsin VH-4D.. glad no one was around that monster when the flywheel went... the other one also a cast iron flywheel on a Tecumseh 5 HP Snowblower - owner had "adjusted the governor" to make it blow snow further.. hehehe. )
Its entirely possible the one I saw split (A Briggs 15.5 HP OHV) from using an impact may have already been cracked from something else, allowing it to split right down the keyway.. no way to tell.. but that was the way it came in.
How poor are they who have not patience. What wound did ever heal, but by degrees? - Iago (Othello Act II, Scene 3)