jse Posted May 17, 2014 Report Share Posted May 17, 2014 While replacing the shift centering spring in my 2002 Pro, I wanted to take off the center hub/basket assembly, which in this engine is a very tight fit, so I made a tool to do so. I remember someone posting that question lately but could not find the topic in a search so I thought I'd post the solution. If you've looked down inside the center hub, you would have noticed that it is threaded for a short distance at the very bottom (the center stepped washer bottoms against those threads and it has that short-headed 4mm capscrew that strips easily). Those threads in the hub are exactly the same size and pitch as an 18mm sparkplug (18X1.5 I think). I made a slide hammer out of stuff in the scrap bin but you can also go to a machine shop and have them made you a 6" length of 18X1.5mm threaded rod with a little T handle welded on it. Screwing the rod into the hub center will pull the hub up and out very easily. Jon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldilocks Posted May 31, 2014 Report Share Posted May 31, 2014 Hi John are the later models different. When I have split pro motors previously I have took out the allen bolt and the basket just slides off ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jse Posted June 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2014 Hi John are the later models different. When I have split pro motors previously I have took out the allen bolt and the basket just slides off ? Some slide off easily and others are a bear to remove, even the same year and model. Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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