flywheel magnets

Saw a video last night of someone “referencing “ another video about someone removing a flywheel the tooless way, hammering it off with a hammer and punch. Said it somehow reversed the polarity of the magnets. Can this actually happen? Believe this was a saw that had points if that makes a...

I have an old Pioneer P26 that's been great, but it's beat up as heck and ready for retirement. So I picked up one that looked great all around, but had no spark. I've been going through the process of elimination to the best of my knowledge, and am left thinking it's the flywheel/magneto or a...

Just a heads up since I didn't find much searching for this. I purchase a lightly used "AS IS" MS310 as a limbing and small bucking saw backup with no ignition. Replaced coil, plug - no spark. Rung out wiring using my old 029 as a guide and everything looked good. Tried removing kill wire...