4fiddyR
09-07-2004, 07:04 PM
Can someone refresh my memory?
I was washing my quad, and when I was scrubbing my rear sprocket I noticed it was a bit loose on the axle splines, and the locknut sleeve could rock back and forth if you gripped it and turned . I was going to see if my nut backed off or if my carier bearings were going south. I loosened the bigger skinny nut, and then I "TRIED" to loosen the smaller wider nut, IT WON"T BUDGE!
I soaked it in PB Blaster let it sit, tried again, it won't move. I tried turning it in both directions, and now I'm not sure what way to turn it. Anyway I had someone sitting on the seat holding the rear brake, and I was lifting them off the ground, and moving them backward when I tried going the other way, it hasn't moved one millimeter!
Anyway, anyone know what direction to turn the smaller wide axle nut to loosen it up? And if so what do you think about heating the nut up with a torch? I work at a auto dealership, and we do that to rusted out tie rod ends on cars and trucks if they are seized when doing alignments.
I haven't took my axle out since I put a Lonestar in it back in Feburary.
Thanks in advance, 4FiddyR
I was washing my quad, and when I was scrubbing my rear sprocket I noticed it was a bit loose on the axle splines, and the locknut sleeve could rock back and forth if you gripped it and turned . I was going to see if my nut backed off or if my carier bearings were going south. I loosened the bigger skinny nut, and then I "TRIED" to loosen the smaller wider nut, IT WON"T BUDGE!
I soaked it in PB Blaster let it sit, tried again, it won't move. I tried turning it in both directions, and now I'm not sure what way to turn it. Anyway I had someone sitting on the seat holding the rear brake, and I was lifting them off the ground, and moving them backward when I tried going the other way, it hasn't moved one millimeter!
Anyway, anyone know what direction to turn the smaller wide axle nut to loosen it up? And if so what do you think about heating the nut up with a torch? I work at a auto dealership, and we do that to rusted out tie rod ends on cars and trucks if they are seized when doing alignments.
I haven't took my axle out since I put a Lonestar in it back in Feburary.
Thanks in advance, 4FiddyR