[SEL] Hercules flywheel key removal.

Glenn Karch glenn.karch at verizon.net
Sat Jun 30 19:06:28 PDT 2007


Bill,

The flywheels will interchange. I am surprised that the 326214 engine had 
the earlier flywheels.

Glenn Karch
Hercules Historian
Haubstadt, Indiana, USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <BillMil357 at aol.com>
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Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2007 7:59 PM
Subject: [SEL] Hercules flywheel key removal.


> Hey Men,
>
> I got a problem, I needed a flywheel for a 1 3/4S Hercules so I bought a
> Hercules block with crankshaft and both flywheels,  At the SIAM show, I 
> got  one
> flywheel off the shaft, it just had a regular square key in the flywheel 
> but
> the other one has a tapered key driven in the keyway, with no hook on the 
> end
> of  the key to pull it out, I clamped some Vise Grips on the key and tried 
> to
> pull  it out but the VG's just slipped off the key, I haven't asked for 
> any
> help in a  little while but I sure need some now from you experienced 
> mechanics,
> also the  flywheel's on my old engine just round over on the inside of the
> outer rim of  the flywheel  Serial NO. 326214, where the inside edge of 
> the rim
> on the  flywheel's I bought at the SIAM show made a step down before it 
> got to
> the  spokes, Ser. No. 375731. Will these Flywheel's interchange?  I put up
> three  pictures on my Diesel List, I will list a address to the first one 
> then
> click on  the blue arrow at the top right corner of picture to go to the 
> next
> pic.
>
> _http://photos.thedieselstop.com/showphoto.php?photo=32220_
> (http://photos.thedieselstop.com/showphoto.php?photo=32220)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill Miller
> Memphis, TN.
>
>
>
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