Problem One was the fact that this clutch housing didn't have the little notches in it that allows you to use the basket holder to lock it in place while you remove the locknut. I tried the penny in the gears trick recommended by Clymer. But the first penny just got chomped in two, while the second one seemed to lock the gear, but not the clutch and therefore I still couldn't turn the nut.
But the solution was obvious: just put a very big piece of metal through the con-rod and lock the whole thing up. At first I tried some wrenches, but they were getting bent. Finally this old cheap, but very big screwdriver did the trick.
But after enjoying that success for a few minutes, I was immediately stymied by the fact that I had no ring pliers to get the primary gear off. It seems simple enough to do it without the right tool, but short of cutting it off, I couldn't get the leverage to remove it. Finally decided it was a good excuse to get a new tool and ordered a Lisle snap ring plier from Amazon.
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