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Message: [QUOTE="dirt bike dave, post: 1422506, member: 18302"] Here is an improvised solution to holding the crank while trying to break the flywheel nut loose: Drain the oil and remove the right side cover Find the primary drive gear from the crank. Wedge a penny inbetween the primary drive gears, so it locks the crank. Break the flywheel nut loose (after soaking it with liquid wrench for a good long time) There is a risk that you could damage the teeth on the primary drive, but I have used this before on my '84 KDX200 and it worked like a charm. I've beaten on wheel bearings enough times to realize if they don't move with a few good strokes, I will gladly pay a shop to press them out. When those bearing shells have been in there and have 10+years of corrosion holding them to the hub, you can pound on them until your arm falls off, and they wont' budge. Sometimes a press is the only way to go. JMHO. [/QUOTE]