As title. I need to remove the front wheel as I have a puncture. Tried using the 'made of cheese' box spanner supplied in the underseat tool kit , that was a joke as I twisted the end into a spiral, so just bought a 1/2" drive -19mm inhex socket thinking that will do the job. I tried with an 18" wrench bar but it ain't having it. I presume it's a conventional right hand thread? I have removed the 2x 6mm socket capped pinch bolts from the lower fork, there are none on the other side! What's stopping it from undoing, am I missing the bleeding obvious here. Any feedback appreciated.
You are right Peter, pictures to follow tomorrow unless I hear some wisdom from someone who knows what I'm doing wrong. But whilst you are waiting with baited breath, visualise the wheel spindle in my Trumpet, it has a 19mm internal hex in the center of the spindle. The O.D of the spindle sits in the bore of the lower fork. The lower fork is split at the bottom half and 2 x 6mm bolts pinch the split lower to clamp the spindle. On the other fork leg there are no clamping bolts , the bottom of the fork is threaded to receive the spindle, there is no nut on the threaded end of the spindle. That's the best I can do atm.
If it's like the spindle on the D675 then the bottom of the other fork leg is threaded (hence no clamps). Undo anti-clockwise. May need a bit of heat or penetrating oil cos of steel into alloy. May need a longer bar on the job as well.
Does sound like it has stuck in the fork leg. I would be careful about how much force you use trying to undo it as it is going into Alloy, perhaps a little heat might help, and try to do it up first to see if you can crack the joint free.
That's what I found when I did a search, must be for another model though. Mine doesn't have a speedo drive, or torx screws retaining the calipers! It certainly feels like it is stuck, and I am acutely aware that the amount of force I was using with my 18" wrench bar ( anti clockwise) should have been sufficient to undo it normally. I have squirted some gt45 stuff in there a few days ago, although how much is in there is unknown. I did think of heat but the fork legs are painted so I'm reluctant to use anything. I suppose I could try some boiling water? I suppose that the alloy/steel interface has 'welded' it together- ffs!
One relevant point. when I am attempting to undo the spindle some of the torque I am generating is being absorbed by the soft tyre!
Had another go today , this time with a small block of wood between the bottom of the fork leg and the ground to eliminate the spongy ness of the tyre. Standing on the end of the 18" wrench bar and pulsing up and down with my full body weight- no success ! I also warmed the area by wrapping a cloth around the fork bottom and drenching with scalding hot water. I think the next step is a rattle gun.
Have you tried to open up the gap with a screwdriver, you might find that it is stuck there and not in the threaded end, gently prise apart the fork leg might help
Put the socket in the end, hit it fucking hard with a hammer a few times, then douse the spindle with wd40 (mind the brakes...). Have a cuppa, put the socket in, welt it again, try tightening it before trying to undo it. Put pressure on the breaker bar and then rock it up and down slightly. It'll come, it just takes a little patience. I find that emailing the previous owner and calling him a c*nt helps a lot.
I don't want to go prising anything I believe that might be a recipe for disaster. I have just made an emulsion of Acetone and thin oil and used an artists paintbrush to apply it. I hoping that will prove effective after I have left it overnight. If that fails I can pump up the tyre with the nail in situ and ride over to a nearby garage where the chap says he can undo it will a longer bar.
Fig I have been jumping up and down on the breaker bar, I'm no novice undoing tight fixings. I'm proceeding with caution as I don't want to crack the fork leg.
Seriously though. I had big problems getting the rear wheel nut off my fuglystrada. Bought a 3ft breaker bar (1/2" drive) and very nearly snapped it, with no effect. So I went to the tyre centre to ask if they'd get the wheel off for me, and they backed off at a million miles per hour - 'no way mate' - but one of the fitters lent me a 3/4" drive breaker bar that was thicker but only about 18" long, and blow me it worked easily. No flex, y'see.
