Primary shaft removal.

[Dolomite_]

Im currently stripping the engine and following the haynes manual for it. Ive been trying to remove the primary shaft but it feels like the nut needs a hell of a lot of force to undo.

Is there a way to hold it in place? I've still got the pistons connected and it seems like they're holding it in place when I try to undo it.

Whats the best way to undo the bolt holding the primary shaft in?

[Bryanj]

Put the clutch back on and a penny in the teeth

[K2-K6]

Put the clutch back on and a penny in the teeth

Oooooh....have you seen the price of a new penny nowadays 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/186006858870 an early one here.

[Johnny4428]

Good tip Bryan with the penny! And that one looks as if it has been in about a few clutch teeth Nigel! Take it that’s a typing error on the price?

[Bryanj]

If you cant afford the penny, and i couldnt. A copper washer or even alloy will do, just when i was in workshop as most lazy maniacscdid just put hand in pocket

[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

Must be nonesance price, we had an almost mint  presentation set from back in 1971 face value was less than a £1 issued by the banks & Post Office IIRC. We gave ours to my daughter a couple of decades ago with a load of farthings & a Guernsey 50p coin.

[Johnny4428]

As we race towards becoming a cashless society good luck with jamming the mobiles in the teeth! 😂😂