Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - Help removing stuck lock nut- sealed bearing change fail

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lwkwafi
10-15-09, 08:52 AM
So I finally got around to replacing the sealed bearings on my bianchi wheel set.
Tried the rubber mallet but it was a no-go. Regular hammer popped them right out.

I was following the directions found here (http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=347132), using my old bearings as a buffer between the lock nuts. Things went swimingly and the bearings on both sides eased right into place.

My only problem is that one side didnt unthread, and now it seems pretty well jammed in place. How can I get the one locknut to back off?

http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/180/img0111h.jpg

I can still get it out of the hub, but no matter what ways i thought of trying to tighten the other sides, when i attempt to loosen this now locked side, it just spins off the other nut.

Any ideas?

leed
10-15-09, 08:56 AM
You need to get two nuts on the other side, lock them together (unscrew one and screw the other one so that they are against each other and torque) then put your wrench on the inside one (towards the hub) and from there unscrew the one that is currently stuck. This is how I have to get frozen cones out.

EDIT: Do this at your own caution! You do chance stripping something. Oh, and you may also want to try putting some oil where that nut is to help.
lwkwafi
10-15-09, 09:04 AM
Thanks a ton!
I could have sworn I tried something like that last night, but I must not have really locked the other side down.

Yo!
10-15-09, 09:07 AM
Alot of axles will have flats on them for this reason.

Does yours? If so, just clamp it in some vice grips; the flats will prevent you from mangling the threads. Otherwise, double up the nuts per leed is your best bet.
jerrymcdougal
10-15-09, 09:39 AM
Maybe one of these would help?: http://www.parktool.com/products/detail.asp?cat=18&item=AV-1 (http://www.parktool.com/products/detail.asp?cat=18&item=AV-1)

Park Tool AV-1 Axle vice
thompsonpost
10-16-09, 07:52 AM
Before you start using vice grips on anything, put a nut on the axle ahead of where you are going to vice grip, in case you do mangle something, you can twist the nut over the mangled threads to possibly repair what got mangled. Just a precaution.