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Was the hardened crank a ***** to tap out?
Most crankshaft are induction hardened, so it's only the surface thats hard. The machine shop used to fix small engine cranks for guys all the time that snapped the external threads off like that. Never seen it worth it on a saw, but the garden tractor puller guys with k-series kohlers seemed to be good like that. We chucjed the crank in the lathe to do it. I'd be real carful doing it free hand. Not a lot of meat there if you screw it up.
 
Well, you have to wonder why he was screwing with it to start with. Not because it was running right I doubt.
And, did he wring the nut off turning it the wrong way, or was it just seized on the shaft.
Generator under there. And, you can have insulation wear off wires that kind of thing.
Looks like a tail chaser for stihltech .
 
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