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Waggles:
Firstly a quick update on my F1 rebuild. Don't get a lot of time at the moment and am still at the strip down stage. For this year I am hoping the motor will be OK as it is low mileage ( 5900 ) and will be replacing the brake hoses / seals etc. Will be prettying her up and have sent a lot of bits off to the chromers. At the moment I am still on the front end, will be removing and re sealing the forks and replacing head bearing with tapered roller. Am encountering the usual stuck items ( other posts show the snapped exhaust stud and broken carb float pivot support ) and all screws seem to be welded in ( yes I do have an impact driver ) latest casualty is the screw holding the speedo cable in the gearbox which will need to be drilled etc I guess.

Latest problem is the front wheel spindle nut which has so far resisted my attempts to remove. If the wheel is out then anything of the diameter to go through the hole in the offside just bends or breaks. Next plan is to get a proper ring spanner so I can use a decent 'persuasion tool No 1' on it while the wheels is back on the bike but only held on the offside. If all else fails I guess I will have to source another one and cut this one off so I can get the wheels off to be rebuilt. Anyone else had this problem? if so any tips?

Cheers for now, will try and post some pics over the weekend

Bryanj:
clamp the round end in a vice and turn the hexagon away from it

Waggles:
Its off!

Thanks Bryan but I am severely limited space wise and don't have a vice set up! Oh for a proper workshop.

I managed to remove it by the method I outlined above, I got a decent ring spanner, put it on the nut then refitted the wheel but only tightening the clamp on the other side to the nut. Weight of the bike prevented any twisting. Couple of decent welts with the persuasion tool and it was loose.

clean up the hubs then the wheels are off to be rebuilt at the weekend.

K2-K6:
Just a tip for screws that could be stuck (don't know if you already may do this) especially engine cases etc; use a larger sized pin punch to gently tap any burred metal around the cross head of the screws back into original place. Then using a good quality / new impact driver tip, tap that into the screw head for a tight fit and either use a socket and T bar to lean on it or impact driver they normally come out.

Usually if you start at them half hearted then you get more rounding off and then stuck, if you prep them up first you can get a much higher first time success.

Waggles:
Thats a good tip K2, thanks, will bear it in mind. Have to be honest and say you are dead right in that I just never expected the speedo drive cable screw to be stuck so am probably guilty as charged being a half-arsed attempt ( admittedly with the impact driver ) but I am slowly learning that on a 34 year old barn find EVERYTHING is stuck!

Luckily ( I think/hope ) all the engine case screws have been replaced at some time with allen headed bolts, I well remember how hard they were to get out and always assumed the factory employed a Sumo wrestler specifically for the job of doing them up just that little bit too tight!

Was aware that things like the brake bleed nipple would be 'challenging' so took them very seriously and managed to ease them out with heat etc. Any other classic things likely to challenge me?

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