Help Wanted! 1973 Arctic Cat Cheetah 440 - Page 2 - Snowmobile Forum: Your #1 Snowmobile Forum

Moto Man26 · 09-30-2009, 04:23 PM

Cool thanks for the helpful info!! Yeah my cheetah is still a '73... If I remember well, the mfg. date was '72...

Moto Man26 · 10-14-2009, 10:49 PM

Alright everyone here is an update! I'm having lots of trouble removing my clutch!... I received my puller to remove my clutch.... I went out to work on it yesterday, so I unscrewed the big bolt in the center of the clutch, and then screwed in my puller until it reached the crankshaft... I then applied some oil to the puller threads and started to screw in the puller which was creating lots of pressure... While doing a few turns, I would hit the puller's head with a hammer to try to remove the clutch.... I kept on doing this process non stop and I was screwing the puller, which was nearly impossible after a while... I decided to remove my puller to see if something was wrong, and to my surprise, my puller's end was crooked, because of all that pressure

... My question is, how do I remove this clutch?? It seems to be jammed there from all of those years of corrosion... Can anyone please help me out!!? Thanks alot!!

justmytailights · 10-14-2009, 11:09 PM

had one just the same and it took 40 to 50 pulls to start that sled, it did not matter what i did , when i did it or who did it. she made sure your arm was in good shape,posibly the beauty behind it, but a classic and a classic to be admired

**RJ Gleason** · 10-14-2009, 11:47 PM

Fill the hole with grease and try again.
The grease will amplify the pressure of the puller tool.

Moto Man26 · 10-15-2009, 04:07 PM

Alright, I'll try that out! thanks!!

articcatbill · 10-16-2009, 11:42 AM

I've bent pullers on them before, not fun. If RJ's idea doesn't break it loose for you here is how I did one, worked pretty well, got it off this forum.

Find a bolt that will tread in the end of the clutch (not the shaft). Put your sled on it's side and put oil in the hole, not filled about, but about 1" from the top or so. Put teflon tape on the bolt thread and thread it in. Let the hydraulic pressure pop the clutch off.

I did this once on a sled that I didn't have a puller for, it was a very old sled, I was really surprised how easy the clutch popped off. I figured if nothing else it would force some oil in around the shaft but it seemed like not much pressure at all and it popped. The other thing I liked is there was nothing that might damage the shaft, the only thing pressing against it was the pressure of the oil.

Make sure you have a seal and that the bolt does not go in against the shaft.

Hope that Helps

clodev · 10-16-2009, 03:36 PM

Never heard of that way to pull a clutch. That is really cool.

Moto Man26 · 10-16-2009, 04:12 PM

I have finally got it off!! I sprayed some ''loose nut'' in the hole, and sprayed some on the crankshaft too. Then I filled the hole with lots of grease... I then started to tighten the puller and giving it some good whacks with my hammer and it finally broke loose!!

articcatbill · 10-17-2009, 08:51 PM

Good job on getting it off, I know they can be challenging.

Clodev, only tried that once on an old salisbury clutch on a lynx. I was amazed at how little pressure it took. It didn't seem to take much effort at all. The teflon tape did a nice job sealing. I got it off this forum somewhere. They said to use water I believe, I thought I would use oil so even if it didn't pop I would just leave the pressure on it and force some oil in....I thought it was a pretty cool idea also...

Moto Man26 · 10-17-2009, 11:00 PM

Yeah I'll keep the oil and teflon tape trick in mind....