Briggs and Strattoon top pully removal out of a Swisher Big Mow

[lavatan]

Hello Everyone,

I'm rebuilding my mower engine and I'm trying to get the top pulley off the motor. I haven't been able to find another motor that looks like this and the clutch removal socket that I bought does not fit. In the Big Mow mowers there is a pulley that sits on top of the flywheel and it surrounds the clutch. Does anyone know what clutch removal tool I'd need and/or a way to remove the pulley?

 

[lavatan]

This is the kind of mower I'm talking about. On top of the motor is a drive pulley that drives the front wheel when you push down on the pedal you can see on the right side.

 

[Fish]

Can you put up a pic of your engine and the pulley?

 

[lavatan]

I will post that tonight when I get home from work.

 

[bertsmobile1]

Usually when taking drive off the flywheel end they use the holed for the puller to hold an adapter shaft which fits over the top of the crankshaft end.
A model number off the engine & the mower will help greatly otherwise you are limiting the pool of potential helpers to those who have a similar model Swisher which is a small number of people to start with , then the off chance they are actually on this forum.

 

[lavatan]

The model is 195707-0430-E1. The code next to that is 981015YD if that helps. I've looked up the exploded view of the motor and I haven't seen any where an image of that pulley. Probably something that Swisher had done specially for that engine. Here is a picture of the top of the motor. I've tried a pulley puller but it just ended up bending the pulley itself. I'm guessing that I have to use a clutch removal tool but the one I have isn't keyed correctly nor will it fit in between the pulley and the clutch.

 

[Richard320]

This looks really familiar. Reminds me of an ancient lawnmower I took apart when i was about 14. It didn't go back together, but that's another story...

Anyway, I have an old book so I looked a little. Looks to me like that housing with the four bolts screwed into it is the flywheel nut. I'd either remove one of those small bolts, install a longer one, slip a lever in and give the lever a smack with a hammer to loosen the nut, or try to disassemble the ratchet part and see if I could fit something inside that nut to turn it.

 

[Scrubcadet10]

looks to me like you'll need to remove that starter clutch also.

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[ILENGINE]

Might need one of these

https://www.amazon.com/Briggs-Stratton-19244-Starter-Replaces/dp/B005F6PYVO

 

[Fish]

Might need one of these

https://www.amazon.com/Briggs-Stratton-19244-Starter-Replaces/dp/B005F6PYVO

Yeah, that one looks a lot thinner than mine. Likely what holds in into place is the clutch. I wonder if a new pulley is easily found.