What does a flywheel do and what is it connected to? A flywheel serves four main purposes (in most vehicles): It provides mass for rotational inertia to keep the engine in motion It is specifically weighted to provide balance for the crankshaft It provides a means to get the engine started (starter ring) It provides a connection for power transfer between the engine and transmission (along with the clutch it also provides a means to interrupt
Has Anyone Ever Seen a Bad Flywheel Cause No Spark? The darn thing has no spark I figured a bad coil, but much to my surprise, if I swapped a different flywheel in, the saw had spark The flywheel has a broken fin that did some damage to the flywheel The magnets got ground down a bit The stock flywheel has two magnets covers with a plastic membrane and a plastic divider between the two
If my starter is spinning but not engaging flywheel, what is the issue . . . The mechanism to engage the flywheel is faulty, probably the solenoid that activates it is either faulty (it moves its internal parts to make contact and so the motor spins, but it is not pulling the engaging mechanism at all) Starter spins but doesn't engage Clicking sound : you hear it spinning with a click sound before it starts spinning
How to pull a Stihl MS290 Flywheel - arboristsite. com Loosen the flywheel nut, leave the threads spun down close to the flywheel, but still off of the flywheel Place a 1 2 inch socket [13mm] on the flanged nut, and rap with a hammer by lifting the saw by holding the flywheel, and it is off, no risk
ford - Starter spins but doesnt engage flywheel - Motor Vehicle . . . The starter motor has a small gear ( the pinion gear) which sticks out on a shaft to engage the flywheel if the pinion gear doesn’t stick out far enough, it will spin but not turn the flywheel The starter will test fine on the bench Sometimes the pinion gear teeth are too high, so the gears don’t engage
flywheel magnet question - Arborist, Chainsaw Tree Work Forum The flywheel seems to have some sort of thin metal one one side that appears to be a magnet The opposite side looks to be missing this strip The magnets aren't on opposite sides of the flywheel, two magnets are on one side of the flywheel and a balance on the opposite side The counter weight is built in, you can't see it
Help w Removing Flywheel Homelite Super-XL The flywheel is the thickest at these points and can take a hit from a punch if common sense is applied I have done it so I know it works If it didn't have a puller to get at the points I wouldn't work on a point ignition saw Do a search for puller or flywheel I think there is a picture of my puller buried in the archives here somewhere
Tightening flywheel nut on Stihl ms170 - arboristsite. com Flywheel nuts are most commonly left hand thread Lets say a saw did have a right hand thread nut ,then the same scenario would be true, as soon as that flywheel even slightly loosens the key will shear and the saw stops