Any advice on removing the Front Sprocket bolt?

[oggie]

Hi
Can anyone advise me how I remove the front sprocket bolt on my
2018 Spyder f3 SE6

Thanks in anticipation.

 

[cptjam]

Have a mate step on the brake pedal to keep it from spinning while you loosen it with a breaker bar.

 

[oggie]

Thanks for your reply. But the problem is the bolt bolt is turning with the shaft. The splines are stripped on the pulley.
When the engine is running the bolt is turning but the sprocket is not.

 

[EdMat]

1/2" drive impact wrench should make short work of that..

 

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

Thanks for your reply. But the problem is the bolt bolt is turning with the shaft. The splines are stripped on the pulley.
When the engine is running the bolt is turning but the sprocket is not.

At this point I think only an air compressor impact wrench is going to work ..... good luck .... Mike :thumbup:

 

[pidjones]

Electric impact might knock it off, too.

 

[Freddy]

This sounds interesting in more ways that 1. Looking forward to updates. Good luck with it oggie.

 

[KX5062]

Also, apply some heat to the bolt to melt the thread locking compound used. Not a ton of it, just enough that if you spit on it, it immediately sizzles. The yellow loctite BRP uses has a relatively low melting point. It's essentially the same as the commercially sold Blue Loctite often referenced.

Since the spines are stripped an impact gun is the only way I see it working, but other methods might be possible, I just can't think of what they'd be. You could carefully cut the shoulder off of the bolt, leaving the head intact and then drive a melt wedge into the space between the spine teeth, then heat it up and then hit it with the impact gun.

The bolt is a metric grade 10.9 bolt, which means it hardened steel so you'll have to careful and patient but I think this could work.

 

[DerSpyGuy]

Find a way to secure a stout breaker bar to the sprocket bolt.

Start the machine.

Put it in reverse.

Gently apply the throttle, using engine power to remove the bolt.

 

[KX5062]

Find a way to secure a stout breaker bar to the sprocket bolt.

Start the machine.

Put it in reverse.

Gently apply the throttle, using engine power to remove the bolt.

With all due respect. DO NOT DO THIS!!!!!!!!!:shocked:

You'll cause MAJOR damage to the transmission components, which can be rather delicate and fragile.

 

[DerSpyGuy]

With all due respect. DO NOT DO THIS!!!!!!!!!:shocked:

You'll cause MAJOR damage to the transmission components, which can be rather delicate and fragile.

Chill. The bolt will loosen way before any damage can be inflicted.

 

[bigbadbrucie]

Oh boy ......... opcorn:opcorn:

 

[BajaRon]

Find a way to secure a stout breaker bar to the sprocket bolt.

Start the machine.

Put it in reverse.

Gently apply the throttle, using engine power to remove the bolt.

Don't mean to pick on you. This will work in theory, and probably in actual use... if nothing goes wrong. If I had no other alternative, I might even give it a try it. But in the interest of saving riders a great deal of potential grief, I highly recommend an impact with a 6 point impact socket. Many of the electric impacts will now out-do their air brothers. And are much more portable for in the field circumstances.

 

[DerSpyGuy]

Don't mean to pick on you. This will work in theory, and probably in actual use... if nothing goes wrong. If I had no other alternative, I might even give it a try it. But in the interest of saving riders a great deal of potential grief, I highly recommend an impact with a 6 point impact socket. Many of the electric impacts will now out-do their air brothers. And are much more portable for in the field circumstances.

Not a problem - I don't feel picked on. The clutch will slip before the gears suffer any damage.

 

[oggie]

Hi
Just reply that I have managed to get the bolt out. Not the best method I’m sure but out is. So I put some blocks of wood on the ground and put a 16 mm ring spanner on the bolt. Looking at the sprocket the spanner set at about 5 o’clock and on the wood. Put the trike in reverse opened the throttle gently and out it came. Not the best or safest method but it’s out.

 

[DerSpyGuy]

Hi
Just reply that I have managed to get the bolt out. Not the best method I’m sure but out is. So I put some blocks of wood on the ground and put a 16 mm ring spanner on the bolt. Looking at the sprocket the spanner set at about 5 o’clock and on the wood. Put the trike in reverse opened the throttle gently and out it came. Not the best or safest method but it’s out.

Nice work getting the bolt out! Good luck on the rest of the repair.

 

[oggie]

Thanks. Now the hard part begins.

 

[Mikey]

And what's that, finding a sprocket?

 

[BajaRon]

All's well that ends well...