Stuck Nut!!!

[southend_styler]

Excuse the title!! 

Right i went about fitting the crank (Sugino GT, if it helps) on my TNT yesterday and fitted it all very loosely just to make sure all was present and accounted for.

And when i went to adjust the nut which holds the bearings in on the drive side it loosened just by turning with my hand and then completely locked up.

And it just won't budge, i've tried everything, me and two mates sat for about an hour yesterday and just can't shift it, either loosening or tightening. I don't think it could have threaded it self stuck because, as i said, it turned by hand first.

What could be the problem? A bit of grit stuck in the thread? 

Oh, and just to make things worse, i can't take the axle out, due to the fact the non-drive crank arm is stuck on the axle!!! 

Any ideas how to solve that one while we're at it? 

Btw, i've tried everything i can think of with the crank arm before i started fitting it all together. Soaked in WD40 for a week, pure brute force, trying to wiggle it out with a vice..... I could go on all day.

[Swivel]

Soak in Diesel for a week, should release it 

[southend_styler]

Will this work for both the nut and the crank arm? 

[bmxbert]

 


im laughing so much it hurts.

[Swivel]

Should do, try it. Worked for me on stuck in seat posts that were rusted in!

[southend_styler]

im laughing so much it hurts.

You can shut up!!! 

[southend_styler]

Should do, try it. Worked for me on stuck in seat posts that were rusted in!

Cheers Swiv mate, will give it a go! 

Could be difficult though as it's all still attached to the bike!! 

[bmxbert]

well if your gona have a bucket of diesel laying around mate make sure its not in my shop.

and there is no way in a million years that crank got that stuck by you using your hand on it..........

i tink you hit a tight spot and thought to yourself "fook it i'll just push harder"  

[southend_styler]

Get bent!!! I told you exactly what happened, and that's what happened!!!

I know it doesn't make any sense but that IS what happened! 

[HEYWOOD BMX]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptorchid

[oldtired]

Cryptochidism        nice one Haywood

[southend_styler]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptorchid

Very good!! 

[phantom photon]

Have you fitted the flat washer with the nobbly bit on it and forgotton to take it off 

[southend_styler]

Have you fitted the flat washer with the nobbly bit on it and forgotton to take it off 

 

Dunno, think i'm gonna grab some pics of it and then everyone can see whats going on. 

[oberonspacefruit]

thats a good idea.