So the time has come to replace my chain and sprockets. The parts have all arrived and I'm raring to go. I've read up a little, and I'm expecting the nut to be impossible to get off. The most common tips I'm reading so far are to avoid having it in gear, and instead put a piece of wood through the back tire, have someone stand on the back brake, heat it up Incase it's it locktite on and use a breaker bar about a mile long. Any other tips I may have missed, or does anybody have an impact driver and fancies whizzing the bastard off if i cant budge it to save it ending up like my axle nut did? :bang:
Be very careful if you decide to apply heat. If you goose the oil seal you then have a leaking gearbox which will need removal and strip to fix. Personally I'd use a long section of pipe or similar and crack any threadlock with torque rather than applying heat if possible. When I did the one on my Ninja it took a ridiculous amount of pressure. If you know someone with an impact gun then I'd beg/borrow/steal to use it.
Stueo and I heated the socket, applied pressure and waited for the heat to transfer to the nut. But, the pivot point will assist in keeping the socket square on the nut.
All good points there. I would just add one tip. Use a hex socket, (Iike an impact socket.) They are a lot less likely to round the nut off. You can buy them individually. I always get one for my rear wheel nut. Let me know the size and I will see if I have one to lend you.
I'm not sure what bike you've got but on my Honda it was pretty easy. As you say, do this whilst the chain is still on (just saying like !) and get that back wheel locked up - having a family member / friend standing on the back brake pedal works well ! Firstly just try and undo it with a fairly standard breaker bar - the hex socket tip above for me is a good one. Basically it should come off if it was put on properly previously - if not you can explore a bigger breaker bar - I'd only consider applying heat as a last resort. Hopefully it will come off simply !
cheers for the offer matey but im one step ahead. its a 32mm socket. got a standard type already but a hex version is already on its way to me. doing everything in my power to avoid a repeat of this lmao :roflmao:...
Lol I feel your pain. When I came to take the rear sprocket off my last RSV I found the previous owner had massively overtightened the nuts on the carrier bolts, stripping the bolt threads whilst the nuts were still in place. Made it completely impossible to remove them normally. In the end it was a lump hammer and a cold chisel, lots of sweat and swearing...
well now that i have the rear wheel bearing sorted out and the new tyre on the back, i got back to the task of chain and sprockets. jammed a 2x4 in the rear wheel, supported the socket/breaker bar with another 2x4, sat on the bike backwards with my foot on the rear brake and pulled... came straight off without breaking a sweat. feels good to finally do something without breaking it haha all thats left now is to fit the new chain after removing the old and figuring out how to remove the rounded off pinch bolt from the front fork so i can change the front tire. still loads of tread left on the front so at least i can put it back on the road for now while i figure it out
Jesus Christ!.... ill change the dictionary on my phone if that'll untwist your knickers :laugh:. Bloody grammar nazi lol
