OK, so here I am breaking down the engine:
You'll remember that I've already taken off the carb, removed the cylinder head, and removed the valve breather cover and the valves. Initially I thought I'd just do carb, valves, and head, but decided that since I was here, I'd break the whole thing down and rebuild it.
I didn't exactly follow the Kohler service manual's step-by-step in breaking this down, so mix and match your own procedure.
I removed the front PTO:
Drum:
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Center bolt (these washers / spacers don't look stock compared to the parts diagram)
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Rotor & Armature:
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Then this shimming piece came out next. Looking at the parts diagrams, I don't see this one:
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More of the rotor / armature package:
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Field Assembly;
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Key:
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Pulled the coil:
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Flex plate from the drive shaft:
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Mounting bracket for that:
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Off with the grass screen:
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And the blower housing:
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And here's where we're at:
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Now the flywheel nut. My electric impact wrench pulled this effortlessly.
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I think this is called the "cup assembly" - I put a small gear puller on it and then realized it was pulling it sideways. I backed off and then used a screwdriver to pry it straight then off. It looked kind of fragile:
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We've reached our 15 image limit, so continued in the next post...
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