Front wheel removal

[Phil R]

Hi,

I have a 97 M900 and I need to get the front wheel out to get a new tyre fitted. Easy job normally but the bush in the nearside fork that the spindle screws into is turning as I try to remove the spindle. I can't see any way of holding it tight short of gripping it with the pinch bolts (didn't work), introducing oil onto the thread and leaving for a while (didn't work) and heating **** out of it (slightly melted the speedo drive).

Any ideas before I hang the bugger from the rafters in the garage and drop the forks out?

Thanks,
/Phil.

[DavidT]

Why are the pinch bolts not holding it - thats their only reason for being there. If they are torqued up but still not gripping the bush is there something in the slot like road dirt or corrosion?

David

[Phil R]

Yeah the pinch bolts are holding it until I heave on the allen key in the spindle. Then it turns!

/Phil.

[DavidT]

Thats sounds nasty because you don't want that bush to spinning and reaming that hole any bigger. Could you try using an impact driver on the spindle allen key - sometimes the crack and turn at the same time works to free off seized threads

[Phil R]

Yeah I think that's going to be the way.

Thanks,
/Phil.

[Pedro]

Sounds like it was done up with an air driver....

Might be easier to let the tyre place do it and save yourself the headache

Ped

[Phil R]

Done it! Ended up undoing the pinch bolts, putting a little thread lock onto the outside of the bush, doing the pinch bolts back up, waiting for the threadlock to go off then shocking it with a mighty large hammer on the 14mm allen key.

I think you're right, Pedro, it must have been done up with an air driver.

Thanks,
/Phil.