Absolutely cannot get compensator nut off
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Joined: Feb 2009
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From: Fresno. CA.
I agree with the current school of thought of getting a 4" angle grinder & have at that brass washer & what's left of the nut, yes, it's going to tear up the bell, but as you've stated, you're going belt anyway. And yes, once the bell is off, the splined sleeve that prevents the compensator sprocket from freely rotating will still be there, but won't necessarily hold the sprocket down and keeping it from spinning freely, although all the splined sleeve needs is to be held in place to prevent the sprocket shaft & sprocket from revolving, and after making a mock-up of your situation, I found that a hose clamp tightened around on the remaining sleeve of the compensator retaining nut and against the splined sleeve should allow you to remove what's left of the compensator retaining nut, however, being the pragmatist that I am, I came up with three different outcomes. My lifelong motto has always been, "Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst."
Best Case Scenario: The remaining piece of the nut might actually come off fairly easily with all of the tension released from the threads, meaning that you might actually be able to use a pipe wrench & some heat to remove the remainder.
Next To Worst Case Scenario: You might have to cut off the splined sleeve to cut off the remainder of the compensator retaining nut.
Worst Case Scenario: You might wind up having to cut off part of the sprocket shaft. Nut I don't believe that things will go that far, but I'm a long-time believer in preparing for all options, that way I'm never disappointed, nor surprised.
Kindly let all of us here on the thread know what the outcome was or is, as I'm fairly certain that we'd all like to know.
Best Case Scenario: The remaining piece of the nut might actually come off fairly easily with all of the tension released from the threads, meaning that you might actually be able to use a pipe wrench & some heat to remove the remainder.
Next To Worst Case Scenario: You might have to cut off the splined sleeve to cut off the remainder of the compensator retaining nut.
Worst Case Scenario: You might wind up having to cut off part of the sprocket shaft. Nut I don't believe that things will go that far, but I'm a long-time believer in preparing for all options, that way I'm never disappointed, nor surprised.
Kindly let all of us here on the thread know what the outcome was or is, as I'm fairly certain that we'd all like to know.
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Should see some of the carnage that's gone on with this particular issue back when nobody remotely had the right tools to do it, lots of skin got lost and more than a few busted fingers including a flipped bike,
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