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16-10-2018, 12:51 PM | #1 |
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Got it off. Attacked the other side first (still had to stand on the bar) and then the other side came off easy. Great.
BUT... the axle is seized. Rubber mallet won’t shift it. So more Plus Gas and waiting. |
16-10-2018, 01:12 PM | #2 |
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That's good news on the nuts.
Mine was corroded tight in the bearings the first time I removed it. I now grease it up with a corrosion resisting grease and pull it when doing other work on the bike to make sure it doesn't happen again.
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16-10-2018, 02:40 PM | #3 |
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Copper grease is great stuff but for spindle stuff get the proper red grease. Can't remember it's name but silkolene do it
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16-10-2018, 02:41 PM | #4 |
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Silkolene Pro RG2 Grease
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16-10-2018, 02:49 PM | #5 |
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Glad you got those nuts off. Perhaps a heat gun on the axle might help to free it off?
I'll second what Boris said about an impact wrench. I used to struggle with the (172N/m) rear wheel nut on my Evo until I bought a cordless Clarke wrench from Machine Mart. Now I wouldn't be without it. I'd definitely recommend investing in one, either corded or cordless and also some dedicated impact sockets (normal chrome vanadium ones can shatter on an impact wrench). I don't know if you've removed the lower shock mounting bolt yet, but you may find that that's corroded too and an impact wrench may be the best way to tackle it. The allen head size is 8mm. I use these with my wrench: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SEALEY-IM...9/263632167157 |
16-10-2018, 04:06 PM | #6 |
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16-10-2018, 03:34 PM | #7 |
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I remembered how I got mine moving, one end of the axle has a longer thread than the other, I tightened the nut on that end making sure not to jam the nut on the end of the thread which pulled the axle a little to that side, then added spacers under the nut so I could keep pulling the axle out using the nut until it would move by hand.
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