Spread frame repower

[Cadetpuller]

Originally Posted by twoton

So do you plan on spinning that motor over 4000?

No. My plan was to keep it safe around 3800 maybe.

[twoton]

Just curious cause if you were, you would prolly replace that flywheel anyway.

[Cadetpuller]

Originally Posted by twoton

Just curious cause if you were, you would prolly replace that flywheel anyway.

It's always an option.

[twoton]

Originally Posted by DeltaCub

..... the flywheel. however. is not set up to connect a driveshaft.

Originally Posted by twoton

When you remove that flywheel screen you may find that there are bolt holes in the flywheel to attach some sort of driveshaft coupler.

So I've been thinking about this for a while. What would make a flywheel not set up to connect a drive shaft? Well, today it dawned on me. It's not the flywheel. It's the end of the crankshaft. At least on the K series that I'm familiar with, the crank has an male threaded stub and the drive hub is actually bolted to the crank.

[twoton]

Where as the crank shafts in the engines like those pictured in post #4, similar to my Gravely walk behinds, has no male stub on the crank. Therefor any attempt to attach a drive hub to just the flywheel may be met with some less than desirable results.