HELP! Snapped axle Nut off!
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From: Lake Stevens, WA.
RE: HELP! Snapped axle Nut off!
This is the reason i love this forum, I just had the same problem cabowabodude had and you guys had the answers. I broke the bolt on the fork and had a moment of panic. I stopped made a rum and coke looked on this forum and theres the answerI needed.
Just a big thanks-
Jeff
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Just a big thanks-
Jeff
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RE: HELP! Snapped axle Nut off!
He didn't break the "axle shaft nut".
He broke the 5/16 or 3/8 stud sticking out of bottom of lower
fork tube for the end cap.
what you do next depends on your skills.
If any is left sticking out I would try a stud remover tool.
If not enough left sticking out for that, then I would file or grind it flat.
Center punch it. Drill it to the end of bolt with a small bit, then go larger.
Then use an easy out on it.
If I remember right it is a double ended stud (threads both ends) and not just a pressed in stud. But it's been a lot of years since I removed one.
When putting it back together the the end cap does NOT fit flush and tight. there is a small gap between it and the lower fork mating flange.
Leastways onall the ones I've done.
He broke the 5/16 or 3/8 stud sticking out of bottom of lower
fork tube for the end cap.
what you do next depends on your skills.
If any is left sticking out I would try a stud remover tool.
If not enough left sticking out for that, then I would file or grind it flat.
Center punch it. Drill it to the end of bolt with a small bit, then go larger.
Then use an easy out on it.
If I remember right it is a double ended stud (threads both ends) and not just a pressed in stud. But it's been a lot of years since I removed one.
When putting it back together the the end cap does NOT fit flush and tight. there is a small gap between it and the lower fork mating flange.
Leastways onall the ones I've done.
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From: Long Beach,Wa.
RE: HELP! Snapped axle Nut off!
There ya go now have 3 or 4 more rum and cokes and get that thing back together!!
ORIGINAL: yogi167
This is the reason i love this forum, I just had the same problem cabowabodude had and you guys had the answers. I broke the bolt on the fork and had a moment of panic. I stopped made a rum and coke looked on this forum and theres the answerI needed.
Just a big thanks-
Jeff
[IMG]local://upfiles/44385/AECC87AB84A6444DB39E2808E56BA9C7.jpg[/IMG]
This is the reason i love this forum, I just had the same problem cabowabodude had and you guys had the answers. I broke the bolt on the fork and had a moment of panic. I stopped made a rum and coke looked on this forum and theres the answerI needed.
Just a big thanks-
Jeff
[IMG]local://upfiles/44385/AECC87AB84A6444DB39E2808E56BA9C7.jpg[/IMG]
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Unfortunately I join this group thread also.
For what ever it is worth you are certainly not the only person that has ever done this...I plead guilty. Replacing it just isn't that difficult. If enough of the stud is exposed put two nuts on, tighten them against each other and you should be able to loosen the stud and remove it from the fork lower. You may be able to get it out with vise grips but that doesn't answer how you are going to install the new stud. Use the two nut method. I did it on a 6 year old Ultra and had no problem removing and replacing. Good Luck
Do the posts come out counterclockwise as normal, or is it reversed in this application? Ive been putting pressure counterclockwise on my post, it isnt coming and I fear I might twist it off.
One post is long enough to put two nuts on it, that hasnt helped yet. The other post snapped actually higher and not sure I will get to nuts on that one. Only hope might be vice grip and or have someone help with the die to cut more thread.
Last edited by dakotagun; Apr 2, 2022 at 11:50 AM. Reason: Added detail.
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Do the posts come out counterclockwise as normal, or is it reversed in this application? Ive been putting pressure counterclockwise on my post, it isnt coming and I fear I might twist it off.
One post is long enough to put two nuts on it, that hasnt helped yet. The other post snapped actually higher and not sure I will get to nuts on that one. Only hope might be vice grip and or have someone help with the die to cut more thread.
One post is long enough to put two nuts on it, that hasnt helped yet. The other post snapped actually higher and not sure I will get to nuts on that one. Only hope might be vice grip and or have someone help with the die to cut more thread.
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