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Kaudette
| Posted on Saturday, January 03, 2004 - 02:25 pm: |
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I'm curious if others out there have had problems disassembling some of the XB parts (subframe, rear swingarm, etc) because I just half stripped one of the 4 bolts on the rear swingarm assembly (right side to take off the belt protectors). They must have a gorilla doing the assembly(to keep pieces from falling off???). I've never seen such a tight damn bolt! Now comes the fun part of "fixing" it as the bolt hasn't budged a micron.... |
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Easyflier
| Posted on Saturday, January 03, 2004 - 02:38 pm: |
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Kaudette, I hope that you had released the tension on the belt before you started the disassembly. If not that could explain the difficulty in loosening the bolts. |
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Opto
| Posted on Saturday, January 03, 2004 - 05:28 pm: |
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I've found a few fasteners with what seems like heavy duty loctite on them - especially the four screws holding on the front fender, thought I was going to break them getting them out. Found some others similar too, when swapping the muffler. Loctite can be softened with heat. |
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Dynarider
| Posted on Saturday, January 03, 2004 - 05:33 pm: |
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Could also be seizing up. When dissimilar metals are bolted together they can cause a reaction which just about physically welds them. Thats why antiseize is supposed to be used. Perhaps those parts of yours were supposed to have some & they simply forgot? |
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Opto
| Posted on Saturday, January 03, 2004 - 09:20 pm: |
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Dyna, True about dissimilar metals and antiseize. My bike is an XB12 and Kaudette has a 12 and a 9, I presumed he was talking about his 12. The front fender screws I had trouble with came out with great force (using 1/4" ratchet driver) with the remains of blue loctite on them, the 2004 Lightning FM does not say to use anything at all on these screws, except a torque value. These bikes are new, no corrosion to be seen. BTW Dyna LMFHO thanks to you and Bubba in the Obsolete thread! |
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Kaudette
| Posted on Sunday, January 04, 2004 - 05:53 am: |
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On the 12. Yes - rear axle loosened about 5 turns - as I was just trying to get the swingarm brace off this should have been enough. I guess the problem is metal with aluminium which does not seem to mix well - no loktite on the 3 bolts I managed to get out. We'll see for bolt number 4... |
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Fuzz331
| Posted on Sunday, January 04, 2004 - 07:51 am: |
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Felt like I was going to ruin my fovorite ratchet while removing those 4 bolts on my 12! I think a little anti-sieze and good torque vs thread lock. I removed swingarm from my 12 yesterday and found what I thought to be minimum anti-sieze on the rear axle and swingarm. They show signs of some kind of oxidation where dissimilar metals meet.
I figure I will just add a little extra when I reassemble. Fuzz edited by fuzz331 on January 04, 2004 |
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Easyflier
| Posted on Sunday, January 04, 2004 - 12:08 pm: |
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Ok, not sure that 5 turns is enough to remove the tension but I'm guessing that you backed it off until you got some visible loosening.
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Opto
| Posted on Monday, January 05, 2004 - 02:05 am: |
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"These bikes are new, no corrosion to be seen." Geez Fuzz, I better change that to "my bike is new, and I haven't seen any corrosion - yet"! Curious as to why the swingarm brace is being removed on the 12's - belt due already? Also wondering if it would be better to put some antisieze on the brace bolts now rather than 6 or 12 months down the track. |
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Fuzz331
| Posted on Monday, January 05, 2004 - 06:01 am: |
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Opto, I like shiny! I evidently don't like face shield. (Almost done)
My belt seems to be fine. Note: The threads both had adequate anti-sieze on them, Just strange seeing the white powdery near the threads. It would be nice to know what criteria Buell used during assembly for Thread lock vs anti-sieze. There is a lot of carbon to aluminum bolting on the XB. Fuzz |
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Opto
| Posted on Tuesday, January 06, 2004 - 03:49 am: |
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Good to see you looking happy and busy! Post the pics when finished eh? |
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Ltlboybuell
| Posted on Thursday, January 08, 2004 - 03:38 pm: |
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Hiya Fuzz, What are you using if anything to seal the parts after polishing? LBB |
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Fuzz331
| Posted on Friday, January 09, 2004 - 06:35 pm: |
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Ltlboybuell I am still debating on that. I am thinking about trying a product called zoop seal. It is kinda pricey. Otherwise will have to keep up with it by polishing. Fuzz |