Ignition trigger rotor removal?
- Thread starter jotacole
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mcnicol
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- Safety Harbor, Florida, USA
Russ, is this on the right side on a Series 1 machine? If the sleeve is the one with a strip of steel along 1 side that acts as the activator for the ignition pickups, it is held in place on the crank by a grub screw. The screw is often the same rusty colour as the rest of the sleeve, but just turn the motor over until you see it.
Once you've loosened the screw, the sleeve should be a loose interference fit. If it remains stubborn, try the usual persuaders, penetrating oil, judicious heat, judicious torque (but be careful not to damage the strip along the side). If it still doesn't come off, you might have to look for a bearing puller that will fit behind it.
When you DO get it off be sure to clean the inside and the outside of the crank to bare metal, and coat with petroleum jelly. When your grandson pulls it apart another 35 years from now he'll have no trouble.
Ken
Once you've loosened the screw, the sleeve should be a loose interference fit. If it remains stubborn, try the usual persuaders, penetrating oil, judicious heat, judicious torque (but be careful not to damage the strip along the side). If it still doesn't come off, you might have to look for a bearing puller that will fit behind it.
When you DO get it off be sure to clean the inside and the outside of the crank to bare metal, and coat with petroleum jelly. When your grandson pulls it apart another 35 years from now he'll have no trouble.
Ken
CLEMTOG
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it might not have a grub screw if it is the earlier type held on by a spring, that type uses a "fork" and "tang" arrangment to locate the slinger with the generator, and the coil spring (around the shaft) keeps it pushed against the sleeve nut under it, this type can be quite hard to budge if "frozen" on.
CLEM
CLEM
The grub screw on mine was mashed into the sleeve by someone with a chisel who was having a bad day...
I had to grind the screw out, and needed a puller to get the sleeve off - it looked like it had been glued on with something.
I can only assume it came loose a couple of times in the past and someone lost patience with it!
I had to grind the screw out, and needed a puller to get the sleeve off - it looked like it had been glued on with something.
I can only assume it came loose a couple of times in the past and someone lost patience with it!