Hi Norm & Tyler,
Well since I got my Honda going perfectly (thanks again Norm) I'm now working on a Victa Corvette Die Cast chassis that I took the Honda power plant from for my genuine Honda mower.
I've fitted a Quantum 50 engine that I had taken off a rusted out steel pressed chassis as Norm has reminded us of above and had it stored away in the shed for 4 years and now I've put it on to this Victa chassis to make a reliable mower for someone to use which in turn is funding the repair of the Honda Mower for me to keep. The only thing I want off this Briggs engine is the mulching blade carrier and thus I require the boss that fit's onto the crankshaft as it's just a bit different to the boss (but same shaft diameter) that had the standard type blade carrier on the Honda engine that was fitted originally on the Victa. Oddly the Honda's used 2 different sized PTO shafts, 22 and 25mm. Another thing to stuff me around I guess. The Honda for Honda had 25mm, while the Honda for 3rd parties OEM used a 22mm shaft size diameter.
Anyway do you think I can get the boss off that Briggs engine ? ................No Way. I've used two different 3 jaw pullers and neither will budge it, unlike the 2 Honda engines that had theirs slide off relatively easy using the smaller of the 2 pullers.
The only thing I can see me doing now is to heat the boss up rapidly with my Oxy and try to keep the heat away from the shaft itself as that will only bugger up the crankshaft seal. Probably best to do this with the puller already installed and that way all I have to do is keep winding it up more and applying more pressure until it lets loose.
If anyone has got any other ideas as how to do this without heat being applied I'm all ears at this end.
Cheers,
BB.
