help my axl nut got loose
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RE: help my axl nut got loose
How bout some info. Rear axle I assume, on the side with the nut or the hex head of axle? Is the spacer Stainless steel or chromed?
If you can't get it off with little shot of WD40 and a large vice grip on spacer and turning with wrench on axle, you could try heating the spacer with a torch(dangerous for paint) to loosen it up.
If that all fails buy, rent or borrow a large nut breaker and try that. It probably won't work if the spacer is SS.
A big hammer is the last resort but you will probably bung up the axle in the process(even bend the swingarm if overdone).
Another possibility would be to get a large 2 prong bearing puller and try that(chance of damaging paint on swingarm).
Kind of an unusual problem, will take an unusual solution. Best of Luck.
If you can't get it off with little shot of WD40 and a large vice grip on spacer and turning with wrench on axle, you could try heating the spacer with a torch(dangerous for paint) to loosen it up.
If that all fails buy, rent or borrow a large nut breaker and try that. It probably won't work if the spacer is SS.
A big hammer is the last resort but you will probably bung up the axle in the process(even bend the swingarm if overdone).
Another possibility would be to get a large 2 prong bearing puller and try that(chance of damaging paint on swingarm).
Kind of an unusual problem, will take an unusual solution. Best of Luck.
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RE: help my axl nut got loose
Lot's of good ideas here, but it may end up being not all that bad . The last thing you want to do is create trash and without some planning you will. This is a two man job. Find the heaviest piece of steel that will fit against he bushing on one side. Take a pneumatic hammer with about 1/4-3/8" tip on it and beat a line across the bushing opposite the bucking bar your friend is holding. Rotate 90 degrees if needed and do it again. What you are doing is stretching the area that you are pounding and the end result is the id of the bushing will increase. It will literally fall off at that point. You can buy a pnuematic hammer for about 60 bucks which is much cheaper than any other carnage you could create. Set the air pressure to a minimum or you will be bouncing all over the place and use two hands on the tool . Of course the bushing will be scrap but that's nothing. If you are really cheap a ballpeen and drift punch will eventually do the same.
Unless you know exactly how to use a torch avoid it because if you accidently get it red it will shrink and be tighter than ever, plus you will heat soak the bearings and burn up any paint in the area.
Ron
Unless you know exactly how to use a torch avoid it because if you accidently get it red it will shrink and be tighter than ever, plus you will heat soak the bearings and burn up any paint in the area.
Ron
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RE: help my axl nut got loose
well I took the swing arm off, and tried to press it a part with no luck. so I cut it off with a torch. yeah axl and all, ouch! Ordered new axl, spacer, bearings, and puller/installer tool. But I don't know how it's all gonna cost yet. What a day!
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