hi all, the rear axle/spindle.wheel bearings have gone on my Sprint, I've just tried to get it apart but cannot get the big nut on the LHS of the bike undone, I've used a long bar but it's not shifting... any tips??
Thanks
Hi, not sure I would recommend this but to undo the LH nut on my single sided Daytona I slipped a piece of steel rod through one of the holes in the sprocket to lock the wheel with a piece of wood to protect the swinging arm. Then I used a 3/4 drive bar and socket with a four foot piece of tube on it, it came undone but it took a lot of heaving, it,s very tight!
Cheers Steve.
You may need need to unpeen the sprocket but on the lhs as there is a point on its edge where it is hammered into a recess in the threaded spindle below it. Pride it up and use the back brake to hold it still whilst you turn it with a bar.
Hopefully that makes sense!
You may need need to unpeen the sprocket but on the lhs as there is a point on its edge where it is hammered into a recess in the threaded spindle below it.
I use a corded electric impact driver. They're cheap and don't need expensive battery replacement. I have some battery powered tooling, but still use corded as well.
Dave 88 is right. The crown of that nut is staked. It's dented. It will ruin the threads if you don't make certain it isn't touching any more. I used a small chisel because of the size and hardness. Once I got it to move with a large breaker bar I worked it back and forth to try to preserve the nut and not round the threads off. It didn't want to just unscrew.I felt the factory must have just tightened the hell out of it and some threads got damaged from that. They use a giant dent to stake it. That took some work to get round again. There is a torque setting. You cannot torque if the threads are not clean. I used a small triangle shaped file to clean them. Even as I was working it to get it to come off I could see the threads of the nut at the crown were not perfect. I worked on it, filed the damage down until I could replace it and make it finger tight by hand, then torqued it and put an ever so small dent to stake it. It doesn't require the crater size the factory tool made in order to work. Anything out of round will stop it from moving. The manual says to replace the nut. Well if those threads at the end are rounded by the nut the nut will be ruined as it unscrews past them. from how mine was, if I just forced it, the threads would have been ruined at the end of the axle, smoothed over all the way off so both would need replacing or it would be a bear to get back on and never torque. At least the nut. You'd never be able to know if it was tight or if it was just tight due to damaged threads. If you clean the threads you can get away with reusing the nut, against the manual. I did quite a lot of work to the threads of both. Filed some small because they were no good anyway and just damaging the nut. Now I can get the divot out and I know it is torqued right. I can get it off with hand tools easily. Only a few threads do most all the work but you want them undamaged. I guess I am picky. The threads under that crown aren't what is holding the nut on. Worst comes to worst the Dealer can get it off and replace all the damage quickly. It's a 5 min job that I turned into half a day. It''s perfect though.
As Mosschops said the left hand side uses a staked nut. To remove it you first need to "unstake" it. Not difficult; place the point of a small chisel or screwdriver into the groove and tap it to raise the punched section of the nut out of the groove. The nut should then release without damaging threads.
You shouldn't need a new nut. On reassembly simply align a clean portion of the shoulder with the groove in the axle and punch to restake it.
There it is, all caved in. I took great pains to round it between a chisel and punches. I felt the entire thing had been torqued too much from the factory. Some threads looked stretched to me. It will come off but it pays to not strip things. Patience and gentle tapping, was easy once the sharpened tip of my chisel got under that crown. Still, that dent goes way in. A much smaller dent will prevent it from moving just as effectively.
I’m having the same issue with LH nut... tried all the methods mentioned and some combined as well but no luck. I’ve taken a photo for reference of of nut and grammar
Both brakes are on and bike is on the ground. It’s driving me crazy
I’m having the same issue with LH nut... tried all the methods mentioned and some combined as well but no luck. I’ve taken a photo for reference of of nut and grammar
Both brakes are on and bike is on the ground. It’s driving me crazy
You have to grind a bezel on the socket like this:
For the socket to get in like that:
Plus you have to support the ratchet w/ a stand like this:
For the torque to be perfectly applied in the right rotational direction.
Given the state of the nut better change it once you'll be successful in getting it out.
Please not that on the picture the ratchet is screwing in so in you case it should be forward, not backward.
The best way to stuck the wheel is to strap the rear brake pedal to the center stand. Very secure and stable.
Hi DK. Have you tried penetrating fluid? Those splines look like they have corrosion going on. Plus the nut is getting beat up, probably from the nut being stubborn. It is really frustrating when the socket slips off of the nut.
An added suggestion, since you will likely want to replace the axle nut once it's removed, I recently had to use a large adjustable pipe wrench to get the axle nut to come off of my Daytona. Similar condition of things too. There's a right way and a wrong way to use those, however.
Hey Scottie thanks for the reply mate. I’ve soaked it with WD40 for a couple of hours as well. It is super tight, and the pressure I’ve put on it already is incredible ie. a 1100 long breaker bar plus a 400 long jack handle extension
On this last post, with that set up make sure you lash your center stand to the front wheel to avoid lifting the bike and pushing it off the center stand. Don't ask me how I know this.
The single shock provided by the 12v impact wrench I have has mostly worked for me but you might need the rapid fire multi shocks that only a rattle gun can deliver.
My cheap electric impact rattles any nut I've tried to remove. Although I have ruined chrome lug nuts on my car wheels by using it. Wrong socket for the job as well.
Finally got the nut off with this socket... now to try and remove all 3 bearings (I’ve got all new ones) without damaging anything... is there a thread for that? Cheers
This is an older thread, you may not receive a response, and could be reviving an old thread. Please consider creating a new thread.
Related Threads
?
?
?
?
?
Triumph Rat Motorcycle Forums
3.9M posts
167.9K members
Since 2002
A forum community dedicated to Triumph Motorcycle owners and enthusiasts. Come join the discussion about performance, racing, cafe racers, bobbers, riding, modifications, troubleshooting, maintenance, and more!