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freewheeling hub bolts - stuck good

Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2005 1:47 pm
by gurumon
aaarrrgh.

sat down to strip the front end of the mq this morning. cannot budge the retaining bolts for the free wheeling hubs.

ive tried wd40, ive tried flogging it with a hammer, ive tried wrenching on the allen key with a massive extension bar and if i give it anymore the allen key will snap.

one or two being this way i couldd understand - but it's every bolt!

what am i missing?!?! theyre not left hand thread are they?

before anyone suggests it - i dont have an oxy and i dont have penetrine

Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2005 4:54 pm
by blu mav
I once removed two fw hub bolts that were stuck like you described with a rattle gun and allen key socket, I have no idea how they could get that tight.

Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2005 4:55 pm
by blu mav
I once removed two fw hub bolts that were stuck like you described with a rattle gun and allen key socket, I have no idea how they could get that tight.

Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2005 5:29 pm
by gurumon
heaps of hammering, heaps of wd40, and heaps of extension bar action and i finally got them all out.

pulled the hub off and and few metal shavings came out with it - always a good sign.

now im stumped again....

i got the drive bush off and i can see the adjusting nut but i can't get at it. the manual mentioned another snap ring which i dont seem to have.... and it also says to knock back a washer to expose the nut - ive knocked back the outer part of the housing as far as it can go and i still can't get a socket on that nut.

why does my pos never look like the pics in teh manual :?

Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2005 5:51 pm
by ozy1
can you take clearish pics so we can see what your lookin at?