| Author | Message | ||
     Buellkat |
Anyone have any suggestions on removing the TORX 40 bolts from the rear sprocket & brake rotor. I have tried lots'o muscle and elbow grease, with many different torx (40) sockets, breaker bar, driver etc. only thing left would be air but I am not a professional garage (LOL) I was planning on bringing it in to my local bike guy to have a new tire put on, I have purchased the bolts, washers as recommended per Buell and I let WD40 sit on them overnight too! Not that would really do much, but it was a thought. : ) | ||
| Ezblast |
Did you try a cheater pipe over the breaker bar and if that doesn't work, stand on the pipe - lol - while Ed may do that and chance screwing things up, I'd just suggest taking the wheel in, take the bolts with you, ask them if they can change the tire with pully on - most shops can - at least here in the Bay area. Save the bolts, for belt/pully replacement , maintenance at 15,000 miles;0) - no need to touch the brake - should slide off/out. What tires you getting? Got Thump?! Just Blasting on the Dark side! EZ  | ||
| Buellkat |
I have the Avon waiting, the Kenda was too far backordered for me to wait, I am not a corner hugger, so I hope this will be a good one. Thank you for the hint, I will try, and then take the thing with me and see... | ||
| Ezblast |
The Avons are very good tires - scub em up and warm them up before you get serious though and you'll be fine. GT - JBOTDS! EZ | ||
| Swampy |
You may have a serious amount of Loctite on the bolts, To get them to loosen that takes HEAT. Try heating the bolt or the hub area, you don't have to melt anything but the Loctite! | ||
| Ezblast |
Seriously - maybe I'm lucky - but the company I take my bike to for tire change has been around as long as motorcycles - well almost - lol - and they never took that off to change a tire, and between both bikes I've been through 7 tire changes f & r. GT - JBOTDS! EZ | ||
| Buellkat |
OK sounds like I shall leave the rotor and sprocket on for tire changes. Whew! I tried the heat em up and attempted the cheater bar. Thks blasters! Kat | ||
| Berkshire |
I "twisted" the T40 socket from a cheap set I'd just bought on the first rear rotor bolt I tried. Took the set back and got a "good" 2-piece T40 socket. Broke it on the same rotor bolt. Took the broken tip piece and stuck it into a 1/4" socket - back in business! I gave all the bolt heads a sharp rap with a small ball-peen hammer, then cautiously tried the pieced-together T40. Four of them came loose without too much trouble. The last one (which was the one that broke the socket) was tougher, but it came loose too. The ones on the pulley weren't as tight, but one of the heads was stripped, possibly by the dealer that did the '00 pulley replacement. I tried to drill it out, but after drilling thru the head, the metal seemed to get harder. I ended up using the hammer again, this time with chisels - a sharp one to start a notch on the side of the head, and a dull one to push it around with. It was a small hammer, but the bolt finally came loose with some good whacks. I thought about using heat, but that would've melted the pulley cover. The rotor bolts had ample blue lock-tite on them (usually the "no heat" type), but the pulley bolts didn't seem to have much of anything on them. | ||
| Pourwhitetrash |
why did you take the brake rotor off ? and the rotor bolts use a hi-heat type 272 red loctite, while the sprocket bolts are one time use only and come precoated. | ||
| Berkshire |
I stripped the wheel down so I could do a better job cleaning and painting. My rotor bolts had blue threadlock on them. I don't know who put it on (used bike) but he used a lot of the stuff, and the bolts were very hard to break loose! The manual calls for red, but it doesn't mention using heat for disassembly! It also doesn't say anything about breaking tools! Heat should do the trick for Kat & everybody else. I got a "pencil tip" butane torch a few days ago (on sale for $3 at harbor freight) that would be good for stuff like this, if it works as described on the package. (up to 2000 deg. & 20 min.) My pulley bolts had been re-used - there was just a little bit of greyish precoat stuff left, and some of the torx heads were messed up. I've ordered a new set of bolts to put it back together. |
