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Old May 11, 2010 | 09:35 PM
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Default help!!! i cannot get my belt drive sprocket off
I have a 09 softail custom and I'm installing a 250 kit. For the life of me I cannot get the belt sprocket off. I have the locking tool and 2 1\4 in socket. Now with a two foot breaker bar I cannot get it off. I have a manual and it shows the nut turning counter clockwise to remove so that's the way I'm trying. Can someone help me please the weather is to nice and I wanna start riding again.
 
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Old May 11, 2010 | 09:38 PM
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I'm not a supper wrench or anything but if Loctight has been used you might try heating it with a hairdryer first. It seems every bolt on my bike anyway is really glued on with it anyway.
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Old May 11, 2010 | 09:43 PM
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try an impact wrench to break it free. air is your friend
 
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Old May 11, 2010 | 09:47 PM
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I was thinking about that but its my transmission will a heat gun harm it?
 
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Originally Posted by ernest3218
try an impact wrench to break it free. air is your friend
Tried that man this sucker is on there. Can anyone verify that I am turning the right way?
 
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Old May 11, 2010 | 10:22 PM
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heat is your friend...you dont need that much, just heat it up...that red is a bitch...you could try carb ,or penatrating oil too it gets in there,
 
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Are you talking about the clutch hub mainshaft nut (rear gear), or compensating sprocket nut (forward gear)? Clutch hub is clockwise to remove. Compensating nut is counter-clockwise to remove. You can add heat to help break the loctite or use an impact. I did the latter.
 
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The rear belt sprocket where the belt actually rotates on.
 
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yea that was confusing its reverse thread wich is clockwise...sorry
 
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or wait you have the clutch off..yet?
 
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