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Oct 6, 2006 | 12:46 AM

jt1965

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Rear Wheel Removal

Well I tried to remove my rear wheel tonight. I followed the service manual and performed all the steps in order. I was down to the remove axle part and it wont budge. In the process of this I also now have a ding in my heat sheild and scratches on my front fender(don't ask)[:@] I did a search and came up with only one hit for someone else that had this problem and they had to use lots of penetrating oil on the axle itself. Is this the case, that is is simply froze in the bearings? I am at a loss I have a new tire arriving tomorrow and now I am thinking of dragging the bike to a shop somewhere.

This is a 2006 FXDLI I bought new in feb and it has 8800 miles on it. Not near enough to seize up an axle. I also pulled out a 3 " curl of metal cutting from the swing arm right near the belt that was sticking out. That would have been good to get into the belt.

Any help or advice would be appreciated.

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JT

Oct 6, 2006 | 12:55 AM

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RE: Rear Wheel Removal

It's very common that the axle is stuck in the wheel bearings - the factory has little to no antiseize on it from the get go. You can use a deadblow hammer to try to get it out. Any real impact to the axle will require bearing replacement. When you put it back in, clean it and grease it or never seize it and it will always slide out in the future.

Oct 6, 2006 | 01:00 AM

jt1965

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RE: Rear Wheel Removal

I tried the deadblow and it did not seem to have any effect. I did not hit it as hard as I could but I did smack it pretty good i will try some kroil and see if that helps.

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Oct 6, 2006 | 11:04 AM

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RE: Rear Wheel Removal

Can you rotate the axle?It does sound like the axle shaft is seized at the bearings.Use some PB blaster and let it soak.
Put the axle nut back on loose and try using a brass drift and BFH,not a dead blow.Leaving the nut on loose will help prevent damaging the threads if there is not enough taper/mat'l before the threads.Make sure the bike is secure!
You may need to replace the bearings with that much force needed to remove the axle.

Oct 6, 2006 | 11:56 AM

jt1965

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RE: Rear Wheel Removal

No the axle does not budge. I tried with my breaker bar and socket and it just spun the whell not the axle at all. I have it soaking up Kroil while I am at work.
Does anyone know the part number for those bearings? I need to get the partsmanula to go with my service manual.

Oct 6, 2006 | 12:45 PM

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RE: Rear Wheel Removal

Too much force will damage the bearings, and possibly the bearing races. This could get expensive very quickly.

It's still under warrenty. Put it back together, and drop it off at the dealer.

Oct 8, 2006 | 02:37 PM

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RE: Rear Wheel Removal

I found a company that sells the factory bearings for around half the price at the dealers, $19.99 a pair plus shipping which is around $8.00 for the first pair. If interested email me at "jrn123@bellsouth.net