best way to pull a clutch ???

[rupedoggy]

I could be wrong but in my history of posts I don't remember ever giving tree felling advise. When you go to a show and jump one off the stump it does make for a more exciting event though. I wish you had taken a movie picture Dennis. The loggers/contestants and spectators were scattering like a covey of quail. I didn't fell it on any saws, trucks or people- and you can tell that to Gypo! Mike

 

[MacDaddy]

almost always only one hit with the gun to make the clutch lose Also must of the shock is lost because of the mass of the crank half on the clutch side

 

[Fish]

Russ, was it that bad? I mean that word is in the bible, it just wouldn't have sounded
right with donkey though.

 

[LJS]

LOL...It was sheer luck for you that you didn't hit a truck or crush someone, but lucky for me, we do have it on video. It has brought my friends and family countless hours of hilarious entertainment, thanks Rupedoggy! LJS

 

[jokers]

I wish you had taken a movie picture Dennis.
Mike

I think Dennis' wife got video of that one, isn`t that the one where the narration ends with "OH SHAT!" or something like that?

I`m glad that noone follows me with a video camera.

macman,

Are you sure that the rods fail from heat and work hardening from skin oil? Sounds more like stress riser formation from surface stress caused by a surface blemish(corrosion) and engine harmonics.

Russ

 

[jokers]

Russ, was it that bad? I mean that word is in the bible, it just wouldn't have sounded
right with donkey though.

Fish, it wasn`t that word, it was the description of the application of your Ingersoll!

And BTW, if you had substituted donkey for THAT word, you might be facing criminal charges based on the statement`s context!

Russ

 

[Fish]

I was just repeating what Glens said, did you ahem him?

BTW I am a Llama man myself

 

[Fish]

gently-shaped rhythmic swells

Glen[/QUOTE]



It only sounds dirty

 

[WRW]

Fish, quit pulling your clutch and do something constructive.

 

[Lawn Masters]

Fish, quit pulling your clutch and do something constructive.

Now that does sound dirty to me. seeing as how I'm a teenager though, my mind is always in the gutter.

 

[Marky Mark]

Never fear Mike I have my crew working on that clip as we speak I hope to get it posted by days end. I will say this it is funny LOL Sweetie

 

[scottr]

Mechanical shock / Time

Yes, but won't the mechanical shock from an impact be comparable to the mechanical shock and vibrations from a running engine? Try grabbing ahold of the engine part that is not isolated by dampers sometime on an idling engine.

Spacemule , the time that the breaker bar is putting torque on the clutch is long compared to the time that impact wrench takes to loosen the clutch in one whack . I would say that the impact method would put many times more energy into the saw than it would see by running the saw for the same time frame . Scott

 

[Al Smith]

I took a stuborn clutch of an 038,today.Used the rope,and a brass rod ,on the clutch spider,works for me.My impact,was at my shop,20 miles away.They work great.Remember,left hand thread.Righty loosey,lefty tighty

 

[Fish]

What I was trying to post earlier when I was AHEM ed, was that I use
the impact every time with no problems, but for someone new to it, do the
rope method.
I use my impact, because I work on these for a living, and hate wasting
time. I would rather waste it here. I was incorporating some of Glen's
gibberish just for fun, but uncle Festus thought I was being dirty.

Some people act like we are working on the space shuttle, and get
kind of carried away with silly issues.

I insist on using the impact when pulling head bolts on engines and the
like, break a lot less bolts that way.

I worked at a Sylvania plant as a temp once, and the line went down.
They sent all the temps home but me, and all of their mechanics were
in a huddle around a locked up spindle, trying to figure how to remove the
bolt that held a gear on. I asked the 4 of them if any of them had an
impact wrench, they just looked at me as if I were an idiot. I asked to
borrow the ratchet they were using, and also asked the owner if I could
rap on it a little. 2 light smacks and the bolt came loose, I smiled and went
back to my sweeping. They wouldn't hire me because I didn't have a
machinist degree.
Or maybe it was because I am a donkeyhole.

 

[Mange]

Tools or brains, what is best?
A little of both is optimal I think.

 

[stihltech]

rope and impact

I just want to make a couple things clear as mud.
The impact wrench, NOT to be used with any piston stop OR on a flywheel with a cast in key. I have the flywheel at the shop to prove it will break.
I also use a good 3/8 impact. That is all that is required. I would not use a good 1/2 inch impact. The crank is only so strong.

To a novice at home- use the rope. Much more forgiving, totally universal. Just keep it out of the ports.
And, last but not least, LEFT HAND THREADS.

It is just amazing all the side trips we take here. :blob5:

 

[Stumper]

Caution. They aren't always left hand threads. Check the book or----- Check twice/ break into little pieces once.

 

[glens]

I was incorporating some of Glen's
gibberish just for fun, but uncle Festus thought I was being dirty.

what did you find to be incomprehensible?

    I insist on using the impact when pulling head bolts on engines and the
like, break a lot less bolts that way.

different sort of animule than a pint-sized built-up crankshaft

I asked to
borrow the ratchet they were using, and also asked the owner if I could
rap on it a little. 2 light smacks and the bolt came loose, I smiled and went
back to my sweeping.

"light smacks" from an eighth-tonner...  Do you prance around like a male peafowl after removing the peanut butter jar lid for your wife who's loosened it first?

Don't worry about what I say to you.  I'm just nervous in your presence.

You complete me

 

[glens]

Caution. They aren't always left hand threads.

Quite true.  The best rule of thumb is to look at the direction it spins in normal use.  That will be the direction you want to "spin" it to remove it.

 

[jokers]

What I was trying to post earlier when I was AHEM ed, was that I use
the impact every time with no problems, but for someone new to it, do the
rope method.
I use my impact, because I work on these for a living, and hate wasting
time. I would rather waste it here. I was incorporating some of Glen's
gibberish just for fun, but uncle Festus thought I was being dirty..........Or maybe it was because I am a donkeyhole.

Hi Fish,

Atleast two of us reading the forum at that time had a good laugh at what you had posted but it could have been taken, as I believe was intended, to be full of sexual inuendo. Sometimes the inuendo is too overt and must be pulled out.

Uncle Festus