OutdoorKing Repair Forum Forums Restoring, Customising and Modifying Reel-Type Mowers Austral Villiers: De-Luxe resto.

I then built another series of heavy steel jigs to pull the collar off the crankshaft taper (after removing the captive nut of course), and even with the 20 TON SHOP PRESS on the job, the collar would not budge.

Eventually I lost patience and cut the collar off. Which in hindsight was a mistake.