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Title: how to remove the flywheel?
Post by: dransy on April 06, 2008, 12:13:09 PM
Hi all i am new to the forum , marc from leeds in the uk

I stripped down a gs500e and sprayed the frame and wheels black , as i took it apart i took a look in the engine and one of the magnets in the flywheel was shatered

I have another engine but the bottom end has gone so i need to swop the flywheels

How do i take out the flywheel as it just turns ?

Is there a tool i can get or any way of getting it of?

cheers
marc :thumb:
Title: Re: how to remove the flywheel?
Post by: ben2go on April 06, 2008, 12:24:13 PM
Read thru this thread.It will tell you one of many ways to do it. http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=13774.30
Title: Re: how to remove the flywheel?
Post by: badguy on April 06, 2008, 12:42:00 PM
Quote from: ben2go on April 06, 2008, 12:24:13 PM
Read thru this thread.It will tell you one of many ways to do it. http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=13774.30

What he said...I was looking through that thread to find his solution while he posted. :thumb:  Anyway, here (http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=13774.msg118598#msg118598) is the part where he explains how he loosened the bolt and his description of how he pulled the rotor is about five posts down from that.  Good luck!
Title: Re: how to remove the flywheel?
Post by: sledge on April 06, 2008, 12:49:26 PM
Easiest way is to use one of these.........it has to have a M14x1.5 thread to fit the GS5 flywheel so you will have to ring around the bike shops to find one .......or a dealer/shop might hire you one if you leave a deposit,  or you could join a bike club (like mine) that has one in the tool bank and they might let you borrow it......To remove the flywheel retaining bolt, put the bike in gear and thread a piece of wood through the rear wheel and it will lock against the spoke and swingarm.

http://www.thefastone.co.uk/proddetail.asp?prod=523840
Title: Re: how to remove the flywheel?
Post by: ben2go on April 06, 2008, 02:44:10 PM
Why are things cheaper in the UK?Is it because China is closer?  :icon_confused:
Title: Re: how to remove the flywheel?
Post by: ohgood on April 06, 2008, 03:39:43 PM
that, and the dollar is worth exactly 2mm more than squat ;)