Loretta-Luv wrote:
Do you mean that you used the l portion of your bracket to engage with the flywheel? Wouldn't that risk breaking the teeth?
No, it likely won't put any more pressure on the tooth than the starter, just make sure it fits tight or it may make a rough place on a tooth.
The Harbor Freight electric impact is about $40 & will probably remove the bolts without anything holding the flywheel, but you must have something to lock the flywheel to torque the bolts to the right tightness when replacing the flywheel.
EMPI makes a flywheel lock for VWs that will probably work if you don't want to fab something.