very easy if you know what your doing, all you need for the job is a:
Larger opened end wrench (size 9/16 or bigger)
Hammer
sturdy flat or phillips screwdriver
small vice grips or channel lock pliers
Now heres how you do it without ruining anything:
Fist you gotta take off the stupid debris screen, all you do for that is take off the 2 small screws holding that on.
Now with that off look around the flywheel for the thickest/strongest fins on the flywheel and put your screwdriver between the 2 so it holds the flywheel in place
Now take your opened end wrench and place the open end of it over the little tabs that stick out of each side of the recoil locker (the part with the square shaft) then unscrew the locker by tapping on the end of the wrench (it might take some amount of force, but dont hammer it too hard or you will break a flywheel fin) that will unscrew the locker from the engine shaft (normal threading BTW you dont have to worry about reverse threads)
Then once that is off there will be a washer in front of the flywheel, dont lose that, then once thats off you can now tap a few times on the back side of the flywheel to make it pop off the shaft. it should be fairly easy, just dont lose the flywheel key, it might fall out and roll into a crack in your diveway (trust me it happens a lot :doah
And thats it, then to put it back on just do it in reverse, but remember to tighten the recoil locker on the flywheel pretty tight so you dont shear a key.
Larger opened end wrench (size 9/16 or bigger)
Hammer
sturdy flat or phillips screwdriver
small vice grips or channel lock pliers
Now heres how you do it without ruining anything:
Fist you gotta take off the stupid debris screen, all you do for that is take off the 2 small screws holding that on.
Now with that off look around the flywheel for the thickest/strongest fins on the flywheel and put your screwdriver between the 2 so it holds the flywheel in place
Now take your opened end wrench and place the open end of it over the little tabs that stick out of each side of the recoil locker (the part with the square shaft) then unscrew the locker by tapping on the end of the wrench (it might take some amount of force, but dont hammer it too hard or you will break a flywheel fin) that will unscrew the locker from the engine shaft (normal threading BTW you dont have to worry about reverse threads)
Then once that is off there will be a washer in front of the flywheel, dont lose that, then once thats off you can now tap a few times on the back side of the flywheel to make it pop off the shaft. it should be fairly easy, just dont lose the flywheel key, it might fall out and roll into a crack in your diveway (trust me it happens a lot :doah
And thats it, then to put it back on just do it in reverse, but remember to tighten the recoil locker on the flywheel pretty tight so you dont shear a key.