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RE: Help removing a stuck pulley? - fixtureman - 07-10-2019
If the pulley is loose I would tighten up the gear puller and then tap a small wedge in the slot
RE: Help removing a stuck pulley? - WoodCzech - 07-10-2019
(07-10-2019, 06:49 AM)tomsteve Wrote: i dont think the innards of that motor will like THAT much heat. cant say how many frozen things ive made come loose with mapp gas and didnt have to go balls out heating.
Once I couldn't get a pulley off a spindle on a mower deck. The puller even bend the pulley a bit. I didn't have any kind of torch available at the time but tried a heat gun and even that helped. It took a while to get it hot, but once it cooled, the pulley came off easily.
RE: Help removing a stuck pulley? - ®smpr_fi_mac® - 07-14-2019
Thanks, gents. Got it off. Heat/impact heat/impact heat/impact until it finally came off. Each cycle only got me a few 16ths at a time, but it worked. I used a MAP torch to do it.
Once the shaft cools I'll put the smaller pulley on.
RE: Help removing a stuck pulley? - Timberwolf - 07-14-2019
(07-14-2019, 07:48 PM)®smpr_fi_mac® Wrote: Thanks, gents. Got it off. Heat/impact heat/impact heat/impact until it finally came off. Each cycle only got me a few 16ths at a time, but it worked. I used a MAP torch to do it.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Once the shaft cools I'll put the smaller pulley on.
Motor shaft looks pretty blue....does the motor still run.?.I assumed you only wanted to save the pulley and not the motor.
RE: Help removing a stuck pulley? - Woodenfish - 07-14-2019
Strike the end of the puller with a hammer. The shock should break it loose.
RE: Help removing a stuck pulley? - Timberwolf - 07-14-2019
(07-10-2019, 06:49 AM)tomsteve Wrote: i dont think the innards of that motor will like THAT much heat. cant say how many frozen things ive made come loose with mapp gas and didnt have to go balls out heating.
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You can concentrate the heat with a small tip on an acetylene torch just around the outside hub of the collet without heating the shaft too much..hard to do that with a Map or butane torch...I have had one of the Little Torches for about 45yrs. Flame can be smaller than a match head..I used it for silversmithing.
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RE: Help removing a stuck pulley? - ®smpr_fi_mac® - 07-15-2019
"Motor shaft looks pretty blue....does the motor still run.?.I assumed you only wanted to save the pulley and not the motor."
Motor still runs; it's what I wanted.
I didn't heat more than a minute at a time. We'll see how long it lasts!
RE: Help removing a stuck pulley? - Timberwolf - 07-15-2019
(07-15-2019, 06:35 AM)®smpr_fi_mac® Wrote: "Motor shaft looks pretty blue....does the motor still run.?.I assumed you only wanted to save the pulley and not the motor."
Motor still runs; it's what I wanted.
I didn't heat more than a minute at a time. We'll see how long it lasts!
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Good...glad you got it off without destroying it or the motor.
RE: Help removing a stuck pulley? - daddo - 07-15-2019
Brake grease (silicon grease) will help keep it from happening again.
RE: Help removing a stuck pulley? - ®smpr_fi_mac® - 07-15-2019
Lightly sanded it to remove the rust and nicks on the key. A little bit of grease and with some tapping with a rubber mallet and it slid on.
Timberwolf--
It's a motor I salvaged from an air compressor. If it lasts a while, I'll be happy! If it dies, I'm out $25.