Flywheel holding tool on electric start ?

[buldogbil]

Hello,
I am haveing a hard time finding a tool to hold the flywheel to loosen the center bolt.

 

[bobbyc]

It might be easier to simply purchase an electric impact wrench...at least you could use it later on for other unrelated jobs...

 

[daviet]

An impact wrench will remove the flywheel nut, but you will need a flywheel holding tool to retorque the nut.
Go to your local auto parts store and get a flywheel turning tool that they use on cars.

 

[omc_10]

not hard to make your own
just use some kind of wide strap

 

[mnobfan]

http://www.aomci.org/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1275934953 Simple hardwood handle about 2 foot long, couple feet of 1" nylon strap and a nail or screw. More sophisticated is an aluminum bar with a notch and block with a nylon strap. http://www.aomci.org/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1275219483/0#0

 

[hiram100]

Pull out a spark plug and insert nylon rope to fill cylinder turn over to compress rope theres your holder!

 

[Boobie]

Make sure before you do this "trick" the intake and exhaust ports are closed. And you will have to rotate the flywheel counter -clockwise before puttting in the rope. I've used this trick many times and had good luck with it. Sometimes you might have to stuff a little more rope in the cyl. But it does work

 

[coueytwo]

any strap wrench will do.