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Joe: I'll be the first to jump in on this, and I hope you get some more responses. First, with any luck, yours will be easier than mine. It was the hardest job I ever did on a tractor. The only reason was that the corrosion refused to let go. The basic response is to soak it with penetrating oil, apply heat, and use a big puller. I soaked mine for a couple of weeks (adding new oil daily) and it really didn�t do too much. I broke 3 pullers, which could not perform, and I added a good bit of heat. My success only came when I borrowed an industrial puller (maybe with a foot or so reach and fabricated from block iron) and heated the daylights out of it. One huge word of caution�..do not load the disk with a lot of pressure from the puller and attempt to heat with a torch (yes, make sure you only use a torch as anything else will not produce enough heat). When mine broke loose it sounded like a shotgun blast. I never saw it fly by as it flew into the wall. So, if you�re holding a torch to it at that time you could really hurt yourself. After it�s removed, you can clean up the splines and add some good anti seizing compound. I�m betting that yours will be easier than mine, just use a lot of heat and a good big puller. Gary
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