EC25-3PG Clutch Removal

a1979corvette

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I am rebuilding the engine for a 1989 EZ-GO Marathon 2-Stroke EC25-3PG. I can’t get the clutch to budge. Heated it to 650°F, with my Oxy/Acet hot wrench, put 10 Tons under the pulley pressing the crank face at the bottom of the hole in my hydraulic press.
Filling the shaft hole with oil and screwing in a Teflon taped 3/4-16”x 3” bolt doesn’t work. My press Bent 9/16” steel round bar and deformed the end into the crank face bolt hole at the bottom.
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a1979corvette

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I’m going disassemble the clutch, removing the clutch aluminum bell end and heat sensitive bits and putting the heat end on my Oxy/Acet and running the temp up to 1000°F tomorrow.
 

a1979corvette

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Still didn’t come off. Any suggestions?
I’m about to cut this thing off and move on.
 

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a1979corvette

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After I bent a 5/8” push bar, I cut the pulley off the crankshaft. Someone’s been in here before. Crank snout didn’t have thread lock on it, J/B weld. The crankshaft halves are not in line. One counter weight leads the other side.
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