Any one know how to get this off? im trying to change my pickup coil inside and it appears that it all has to be taken off. I already got the pins out and the top one moved but the gear wont budge. I tapped it with a hammer a few times and still nothing i dont want to f - it up .
A bearing splitter should work. A lot of guys do seem to do OK with the hammering of wood against the gear (I would not do that myself, but to each his/her own).