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Rear wheel bearing funny nut stuck.
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Flamewinger
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Are you using a cheater bar? If anything, go to Home Depot and buy a 3' piece of metal plumbing pipe and use it to lengthen the wrench. Make sure the bearings need to be replaced. After I did mine I found the OEM ones were fine.
cbredneck
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look again
Is it a reverse thread maybe? :dontknow:
Grandpot
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It's a normal right hand thread. As Cptjam suggested, a wrecking bar or something similar that can be wedged between two opposing slots will work.
Grandpot
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Yes. Put a large wrench on it and turn.
Can you explain how to 'put a large wrench' on the wrecking bar? I'm having trouble visualizing this technique. Thanks.
And, how does this grip the nut?
Okay, so the picture above shows the Park Tool FR-6 in place.
Now, I'm understanding the issue better.
Why not use a breaker bar with the right sized socket on it? Or, as mentioned, slip some steel pipe over the socket wrench handle to provide additional leverage.
I still don't understand how you would use a wrecking bar to turn this nut...
ARtraveler
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Grandpot
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The straight end of the bar goes in two opposite slots in the nut. Get something to use to apply torque to the bar. I don't know how else to explain it.
kep-up
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Don't teach cursive in school now, and didn't teach countin' waaay back when I was larnin'.
AeroPilot
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Well...
....first the pry bar trick is for those of us too cheap ( I mean frugal
) to get the right tool....then when the Park tool is out of the way or not available,,
just hold the flats of the pry bar in the slots of the retaining nut like GranPot says... helps if you hold your mouth right.. and use that big Crescent wrench
to twist whilst you hold down to keep the pry par ends engaged in the slots... Well on second thought probably you should just go buy the right tool and
the proper socket along with a 24" breaker bar and get after it:thumbup: but like others said, don't change it if you dont have to...
We have put over 40 K each (76, 44, 46, 40) on four different bikes, and always feel and spin the bearings when we change tires, and havent changed a bearing yet...I do have a set on the shelf waiting
....first the pry bar trick is for those of us too cheap ( I mean frugal
) to get the right tool....then when the Park tool is out of the way or not available,,just hold the flats of the pry bar in the slots of the retaining nut like GranPot says... helps if you hold your mouth right.. and use that big Crescent wrench
to twist whilst you hold down to keep the pry par ends engaged in the slots... Well on second thought probably you should just go buy the right tool and
the proper socket along with a 24" breaker bar and get after it:thumbup: but like others said, don't change it if you dont have to...
We have put over 40 K each (76, 44, 46, 40) on four different bikes, and always feel and spin the bearings when we change tires, and havent changed a bearing yet...I do have a set on the shelf waiting
....first the pry bar trick is for those of us too cheap ( I mean frugal
just hold the flats of the pry bar in the slots of the retaining nut like GranPot says... helps if you hold your mouth right.. and use that big Crescent wrench
to twist whilst you hold down to keep the pry par ends engaged in the slots... Well on second thought probably you should just go buy the right tool and
the proper socket along with a 24" breaker bar and get after it:thumbup: but like others said, don't change it if you dont have to...
We have put over 40 K each (76, 44, 46, 40) on four different bikes, and always feel and spin the bearings when we change tires, and havent changed a bearing yet...I do have a set on the shelf waiting
NOW I get it. You use the pry bar INSTEAD OF the freewheel tool. That makes sense. As far as the OP goes, he DOES have the freewheel removal tool and just needs more leverage on its nut in order to break free the freewheel bearing retainer nut.
....first the pry bar trick is for those of us too cheap ( I mean frugal
just hold the flats of the pry bar in the slots of the retaining nut like GranPot says... helps if you hold your mouth right.. and use that big Crescent wrench
to twist whilst you hold down to keep the pry par ends engaged in the slots... Well on second thought probably you should just go buy the right tool and
the proper socket along with a 24" breaker bar and get after it:thumbup: but like others said, don't change it if you dont have to...
We have put over 40 K each (76, 44, 46, 40) on four different bikes, and always feel and spin the bearings when we change tires, and havent changed a bearing yet...I do have a set on the shelf waiting
Would you care to share the model number of those bearings.
Thanks
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