PTO removal from crank

[winston12]

I have a crank thats out of a block any ideas of how remove the pto?

With it not being in the block its difficult

 

[wfo speedracer]

Chuck it in a large vise

 

[jcleary93]

What I did was put the crank back into the crankcase and put a 4x4 block of wood between the rods and took a tire off a car and use the cars weight as a vice. With a little heat it came right off with a chain wrench

 

[CASPX]

You could also get an impeller removal tool put it right inside the PTO flywheel and use a long breaker bar (and an extension pipe if necessary).

I used the chain wrench but wish I'd known about these before I used the chain wrench and tore the paint off the outside of the PTO.


http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-5...item28092d2777:g:QfAAAOSw37tWCp2w&vxp=mtr

 

[Bills86e]

Cover goes on that, nobody sees it. :driving:

 

[RodInEscondido]

Clever! I would opt for lost paint as opposed to taking a chance on ripping out the splines. As Bill says, it is covered or a can of spray paint is pretty cheap.

 

[Shortrun]

i just went through this.
Mine may have been stuck really bad, i dont know.

But i ended up cutting the pto flywheel off using a angle grinder. I may be the only one to ever do that, but i paid 40 dollars for a new flywheel.
Plus all new bearings on the outside of the crankshaft, which were ok before we started fighting with the flywheel.
I had to be really carefull with the grinder.

 

[CASPX]

Mine took a 3 foot chain wrench and i had to stomp on it.

I would have much preferred to use the impeller tool, the chain wrench took 2 people and a lot of coordination to jump on it.

It's it common for the splines to strip?