I need to pull the driver clutch on my '99 Scrambler 500. Can I do so with a regular puller tool. I can see down in to the end of the crank when I remove the center bolt in the clutch. I just wanted to be sure that I am safe to push off the end of the crank with the puller (basically a threaded rod with a hex cut in the end to get a wrench on - similar to a harmonic balancer puller). I am doing this to change the seal on the cover, since it has been destroyed, somehow. The clutch case fills with water in an instant if I get in up to the crank.

By the way, I am new to the group. Good to see a Polaris, exclusive, group. I had been over at alt.atv, but it seems to be going downhill and not many Polaris fans there.

Thanks in advance,
SnowDrift

 

SnowDrift,

Welcome to the Forum. When first opening the Polaris forum, you will see a place at the top to perform searches. Many, many, many questions have been already answered, and it only requires the user to perform a search to pull up old topics. This is something you will find quite handy since you don't have to wait on people to respond.

To answer your question, yes........you push off the end of the crank with the puller. The threaded hole in the drive clutch is 3/4", fine thread. Many people have made their own "homemade" pullers for this, as I have. I used a 2" ball with a 3/4" fine thread shank, along with a 3/8" short (3" long) extension, with a 12mm deep socket on the end. Mine was a jimmy-rigged puller, but it worked, and I didn't have to buy the $20 puller.

Hope this helps,

Waylan

 

The only thing I would like to add to what walexa said is this... what cause the PVT crank seal to go bad is pressure down or up on the pvt cover. That pulls the crank seal into the cooling fins on the back of the clutch and it chews them up quick. All it takes is one 6 year old to step on it while the bike is running and it is gone.

Also, sometimes the clucth is stubborn and does not want to come off rigth away... tap on it with a rubber mallet as you turn the puller.

Greg

 

hey greg, i know what you are saying about it not wanting to come off, mine is stuck!! how much pressure do you think it can take before something breaks, i use a 10" fordged wrench,and im turning with about everything i got, then i tap on it, nothing.
and i still cant get the rear cv to pop out of the tranny.

 

YellowHO01,

Mine was real hard to get off too. I tapped with a metal hammer on the end of the puller instead of the pulleys. Hitting the puller too hard might hurt the crank bearings.....I don't know. On a different note, I believe the first thing to tear up while turning the puller would be the aluminum threads (I guess they're aluminum) in the drive clutch, but I've never heard of it happening. Might help to put a cheater pipe on that wrench.......10" isn't that much leverage.

Waylan

 

I would suggest hitting the puller if the clucth was splined, but it is not. The side motion helps to break it loose. You will see what i mean when it comes off. I use an impact wrench to get mine off, and I use a rubbermallet hitting it solid but not too hard. The threads will be the first thing to be damaged. You need to lubricate the puller with axel grease. As far as the rear axels, they are a pain to brake loose. Just keep turning them and keep trying. There is a circlip keeping them in. It is ussually spread out so much that it is very difficult to pull the axels. The key is to keep turning the axel until the circlip is positioned properyl then pull like hell.

Good luck.

Greg