76 Alouette Brute (Nitro) Clitch Puller?

[davet]

Hi Guys...my primary seems to be stuck i the "engaged" position, so i need to pull it off. Cant even start the beast now, im pulling the track around when i haul on the pull cord

I beleive an Arctic cat Puller will work

Which Year and Model of Cat puller would i look for at my local sled parts place? they have lots of pullers, but no Rupp/Allouette

thanks in advance

[magnumforce]

Hi Davet I don't know the part# off hand but the 96 and up "Cat clutch" puller is the same as the Hex, for the AC clutch up to '03?.. I know it works on a '98 ZRT and a '76 Rupp Cat/Hex

[bankRUPPt]

You can order one online at Hi-performance Engineering P/N 725-068. This is the puller for the hex clutch.

I'm guessing you'll probably also need a set of bushings available at the same site (P/N 354-105) if it's jammed or rattles alot. The clutches on these take the standard bushings, not the extended.

And why stop there, if your rollers are sloppy or flat-sided, pick up a roller kit # 354-101.

These are all HPE numbers, not Cat numbers.

The easy route would be to smack the moveable sheave with a rubber mallet until it returns to it's idle position

[davet]

thanks guys...ill try the art of gentle persuasion suggested by bankruppt first...but likely ill need to rebuild it anyway...so ill see what the good folks at Royal Distributing have for Cat Pullers , 1996- 2003..if i get one for the 98 ZRT then that should work on my Alouette is what im hearing ....

[bankRUPPt]

Royal Distributing has the correct puller for the hex clutch "All 74-81 Model Cats"

The nine tower clutch takes 9/16" threads just like the hexer, so it's puller would probably work too if it's the right length. I never knew that, Cory

[magnumforce]

Bankruppt that sounds like the one, I found this out by accident . I looked on Brown's site and got the part# from Cat, part# 0644-207 but you'd get a better deal from a jobber allright, this one lists at $40.49 from cat, I bought mine a few years ago right from the Cat dealer I'm sure it was more than that at the time? I threw away the plastic sleeve it came in I just figured '98 zrt so it won't confuse the parts counter guy

[bankRUPPt]

AH, just has a deep shank so the threads can reach through the big nine tower clutch to get to the threads on the fixed sheave...I wondered how it could work on both clutches.