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front wheel hub retainer removal
MIKE550/4:
advice needed
drilled out dimples ( 4 ) soaked overnight in wd40 ,
made a home made tool, flat bar with 2 holes drilled and 2 bolts fitted through to fit into retainer holes,
its just the hub on its own , turning retainer clock wise ( left hand thread ? ) but not moving , gave up at moment put some wd40 to try and loosen
any advice appreciated
MIKE550/4:
anyone got any other ideas, tried the bolts through a piece of bar and turning right , will not give,
cant go any further with bike until i get this retainer off, put so much effort into it the aluminium round the retainer is starting to spread ,
starting to go badly wrong on this hub want more advice before i totally ruin this ,
any other way guys :-\
mick:
Have you tried heat? not saying it will work but it might help?, cheers Mick ;)
MIKE550/4:
no not yet, take it you mean heat the hub, not retainer
correct me if i am wrong, but this is a pain
matthewmosse:
I've never got one out in good enough condition to re-use but the retainers are readily available from David Silvers and the like, I've just ended up destoying the retainers with a chisel and hammer whilst carefully avoiding damage to the hub. I even made up a tool in the lathe to do the job that's quite a neat fit, (uses a modified 1/2 drive sockett but still wind up replacing the retainer, a mega pain as sidecar useage kills front wheel bearings, I was even considering making up a steel retainer as I've formed the theory that the retainers are so soft that they deform too readily and bind up (on any dammage at all to the threads etc) instead of comming out. At least then I could ream the threads out a bit. Think the front hubis a swine, try the rear hub retainer, one hub I even welded a steel bar to the retainer and still couldn't shift it, luckily it was only for a cosmetic tart up so mission abandonned, if the hub needed new bearings It will be lathe time...........
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