I've read the few posts that deal with alternatives to using the Honda primary shaft hammer/weight hammer. Two options were discussed: first, using engine case bolt to make your own puller; second using a drift to tap out from the oil pump side.
Now, I may be crazy but the 8mm engine case bolts are nowhere near the right size. So that option is out. For the next option, I want to be sure of what I'm trying to accomplish before I start banging on stuff. Do I understand correctly that, as seen in the photo below, the end of the primary shaft is inset of the bearing on the oil pump side? It doesn't seem like a lot of room to get something on the edge of that shaft. I'll bang on it if you tell me to (I know, that's what she said).
Ideas/input/cajoling?
