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Title: Stuck Nut!!!
Post by: southend_styler on July 25, 2009, 09:06 AM
Excuse the title!!  :LolLolLolLol:

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!!!  :tickedoff:

Any ideas how to solve that one while we're at it?  :buck2:

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.
Title: Re: Stuck Nut!!!
Post by: Swivel on July 25, 2009, 09:09 AM
Soak in Diesel for a week, should release it  ;)
Title: Re: Stuck Nut!!!
Post by: southend_styler on July 25, 2009, 09:13 AM
Will this work for both the nut and the crank arm?  ???
Title: Re: Stuck Nut!!!
Post by: bmxbert on July 25, 2009, 09:20 AM
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im laughing so much it hurts.
Title: Re: Stuck Nut!!!
Post by: Swivel on July 25, 2009, 09:21 AM
Should do, try it. Worked for me on stuck in seat posts that were rusted in!
Title: Re: Stuck Nut!!!
Post by: southend_styler on July 25, 2009, 09:25 AM
:2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny:


im laughing so much it hurts.

You can shut up!!!  :knuppel2:

Title: Re: Stuck Nut!!!
Post by: southend_styler on July 25, 2009, 09:27 AM
Should do, try it. Worked for me on stuck in seat posts that were rusted in!

Cheers Swiv mate, will give it a go!  :daumenhoch:

Could be difficult though as it's all still attached to the bike!!  >:(
Title: Re: Stuck Nut!!!
Post by: bmxbert on July 25, 2009, 09:27 AM
well if your gona have a bucket of diesel laying around mate make sure its not in my shop. :knuppel2:

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"  ???
Title: Re: Stuck Nut!!!
Post by: southend_styler on July 25, 2009, 09:30 AM
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!  :uglystupid2:
Title: Re: Stuck Nut!!!
Post by: HEYWOOD BMX on July 25, 2009, 10:10 AM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptorchid
Title: Re: Stuck Nut!!!
Post by: oldtired on July 25, 2009, 10:56 AM
Cryptochidism     :LolLolLolLol:   nice one Haywood
Title: Re: Stuck Nut!!!
Post by: southend_styler on July 25, 2009, 10:27 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptorchid

Very good!!  :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: Stuck Nut!!!
Post by: phantom photon on July 25, 2009, 11:46 PM
Have you fitted the flat washer with the nobbly bit on it and forgotton to take it off  ???
Title: Re: Stuck Nut!!!
Post by: southend_styler on July 26, 2009, 11:23 AM
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.  :buck2:
Title: Re: Stuck Nut!!!
Post by: oberonspacefruit on July 27, 2009, 09:44 AM
thats a good idea.
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