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Old Mar 19, 2010 | 08:54 PM
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The welded nut thing works well for me but before I did that, I just used a regular wrench.

Just be careful doing it.

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Old Mar 19, 2010 | 09:28 PM
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just bend an old wrench
 
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Old Mar 20, 2010 | 12:33 AM
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On my last bike I watched the mechanic adjust the clutch. He put a socket and extension on the nut and gave it a hard quick shot with the palm of his hand to loosen the nut. He made the adjustment and gave it another hard fast tap with the palm of his hand to tighten it.
 
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Old Mar 20, 2010 | 12:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Sancho
Yep, I bought a craftsman dog bone wrench. I've also seen some ratchet sets that allow a bolt to pass through the center.

I have one of those ratchet sets that is mentioned above, works great.....
 
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Old Mar 20, 2010 | 01:40 AM
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An offset wrench works great for me.
 
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Old Mar 20, 2010 | 10:21 AM
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Thank you very much gentlemen!

I wasn't sure about the gasket.....

It's good to know there's a place like this around!
 
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Old Mar 20, 2010 | 12:37 PM
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Vice grips on a deep socket also works.
 
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I just use a spark plug socket and an Allen wrench it's pretty simple there is video on the forum shows in detail how to was very helpful .
 
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what a sob getting that nut off of there is it reverse threads??
 
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Old Mar 24, 2010 | 10:39 AM
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Originally Posted by pounder35
what a sob getting that nut off of there is it reverse threads??
Not the lock nut. The large clutch hub nut is though. Sounds like you're doing something wrong.
 
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