Rear Wheel Removacl
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Rear Wheel Removacl
So with the project bike I have, I've hit a couple of exaust studs that don't plan on moving, and figured it'd make sense to strip the bike completely and get the engine out. I've come a bit unstuck (well, stuck) with the back wheel. It seems as though you can't remove the rear caliper without removing the wheel first, is that correct? That aside, I can't get the axle out for the life of me. The nut game off ok with some sweary encouragement but the axle won't bodge. I can't twist it with a long bar, and whacking it with a mallet hasn't done anything except damage said mallet. Am I missing something here? I've actually removed the swing arm now with the wheel still attached, so that might help, but wondered if anyone had any magic sauce I could add.
#2
Looking at the diagram :-
https://www.partzilla.com/catalog/ho...000/rear-wheel
there doesn’t appear to be anything odd about the axel so lots of penetrating oil and a large persuader (remembering to leave to nut on loosely to protect the thread until it starts to move).
https://www.partzilla.com/catalog/ho...000/rear-wheel
there doesn’t appear to be anything odd about the axel so lots of penetrating oil and a large persuader (remembering to leave to nut on loosely to protect the thread until it starts to move).
#3
Yeah - that was my thinking. Have put plenty of penetrating oil on but will add more. Might use a heat gun to see if that helps at all too. As for the persuader, maybe I need to upgrade on that front. I did have the nut on, and thread is fine. There's splinters of wood all over the place though
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Good to know about the caliper. I tried an impact wrench and it couldn't budge it. Reckon I'll go buy a proper breaker bar, I've got a bar I use on the car, but had to use an adapter for my socket, and in trying to shift it I sheared the adapter off instead!
#7
It must be frozen into the spacers, and they must be frozen to the swingarm itself - as if it was frozen only into the wheel bearings, it would still spin?
I would absolutely check you can source a new one before you risk snapping or twisting the one you have - try to free up the spacers, they are just tubes of aluminum, and try to rotate the axle both ways. Maybe try gently spreading the swingarm slightly?
I would absolutely check you can source a new one before you risk snapping or twisting the one you have - try to free up the spacers, they are just tubes of aluminum, and try to rotate the axle both ways. Maybe try gently spreading the swingarm slightly?
#8
I had a quick squizz on eBay earlier and saw an axel with spacers for sale, which conveniently had lots of angles of them. I can't move the wheel forward/back so I think you're probably right. I'll get some more penetrating oil upinside the ends of the swingarm tonight and see if I can get something to budge.
#9
I would bet that the swingarm has taken a knock and it's putting pressure on the spacers and twisting the axle - without the bolt there's usually at least 1/4" of play between the spacers and the swingarm. Maybe you can pry it open a little using a block of wood between the sides of the swingarm within the wheel?
#10
I got the bugger! Something looks misaligned in the wheel but that might just be because the axle is out? I finally got it moving by just alternating the direction on my impact driver over and over, it moved about a mm each time but eventually went a bit more and finally started turning. It got pretty warm in the process so clearly lots of friction! Even when it would turn I then had to keep hammering it through with a bar to get it out completely.
Now to do the front end!
Now to do the front end!