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Removing countershaft sprocket nut
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Now I'm repacing the whole setup and can't get the nut to budge. I have soaked it in PB Blaster, used propane torch heat and nothing moves. Can I use more heat to degrade the loctite? I didn't get the nut glowing red, is that required?
Do I go with my 1/2" breaker and 4-6 ft of pipe with more heat? Is that setup big enough to break it free?
I have used a 3/4" socket ratchet wrench with heat and a short pipe, and maybe a longer pipe on the end will help, but I think the ratchet wrench will break.
Or buying an electric impact wrench but from searches in the archives the common 250 pound electric wrenches are useless on this nut. I do not have a compressor or else I would borrow some big guns from work.
One last option is to carefully ride the bike to work and do it all there, but there is no more adjustment left in the chain, and it has too much slack now. The last thing I want to do is throw a chain and wreck.
I don't want to cut the nut with the dremel, so it's the last option.
What to do, what to do...
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Wet rags might be hard to stuff around the back of the sprocket, maybe I can remove that guard first.
Thanks guys.
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I had to remove a 2 1/2" nut from the end of a hydraulic cylinder shaft to replace the shaft. Had to heat the nut cherry red, and use a 3' pipe wrench with a 4' cheater bar to break it loose. That Loctite is some tough stuff :woohoo:
Mmmm, trying to scare me know, eh?:blink: I'm hoping a 20mm nut doesn't need the strength of Hercules to twist off. It's funny how these things can spin off while your're riding on the freeway, but stick it in your garage and it needs a stick of dynamite to do get anywhere.
It may take me a few days to get to, I'll post back with what worked for me.
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I was at a job site repairing a broken Bobcat in the post above, and it was about 100 miles from the shop, so I did what I had to, to get the job done
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