K341 Engine Removal

[BrianX128 109]

How in gods name do you get the engine off a C161? The bolts from the bottom of the engine are too long to come out to take the engine off the rocker mount, and the blocks that hold the rocker mount in the front have the studs above the front axle with no way to get any tool in there to get the nuts off of the stud. I'm stuck.

[Ed Kennell 41,978]

You should be able to tilt engine to the rear, then remove the front bolts.  Then tilt it forward to remove the rear bolts.

[953 nut 60,007]

Just remove the axle pin jack the frame up a couple inches and you can reach them.

[BrianX128 109]

Somehow mine had studs hanging down from the blocks the rocker plate or whatever you call the thing the engine sits on, I eventually got it with a swivel socket and a lot of throwing of tools. Did make it easy to mount it on the 417A.

 

My new issue now that I got the engine mounted and running is my main drive pulley on the K341 is way smaller than the pulley on the 417A.

 

I got the set screws out of the pulley on my K341, but the pulley won't budge. Can't even get the set screw to budge from the 417A. I'm guessing I could buy a new pulley meant for a KT17, but I'd still have to get the pulley off of this K series. Even better it's got a couple of bends on it that don't look healthy that I didn't make, so it needs to go anyways. I don't see a good way to get a three jaw puller on it either.

Edited June 11, 2020 by BrianX128

[pfrederi 18,670]

Pulley should have 1/4'NC holes (4 of them)  Use a steering wheel puller or harmonic balancer puller   You can sometimes rent them from auto parts stores.

[bds1984 1,499]

When I've had to remove my C165's engine, I just unbolt the rubber mounts and lift out the engine/shaker-plate assembly as one unit.