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Installing new front sprocket....need advice

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kingofvenus said:
Trust me, I've tried everything. Except taking it apart and cutting it off. I've never before seen a nut this seized up.
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Well better that its seized up than being deathly loose like mine was.... I was able to take it off with my fingers....
 
If you didn't strip the nut get an impact with a 32mm socket and give it a try. I think this is what Tone said but I don't know what a rattle gun is.:-D

Let it soak in PB blaster first for a couple of days.
 
Sorry chief
rattle gun is uk slang for a nut runner or impact gun as used by your local tyre fitters when taking off your car wheels :-D

Most are air powered but electric ones are available & are great for removing stuborn nuts & bolts, i wouldn't use one for doing up anything bike related though as they are a bit agressive :shock:

hope thats sorted that one :-D
 
Washers

Washers

This reply may be to late to help but for others that may read these replies its good to get different views. The new washer shown in the photo has been put on correctly. It has been designed with a bent flange around the circumference so that when you tighten the nut against it the washer is flattened. The washer however wants to go back to its original shape thus pushing against the nut, thus stopping the nut from turning loose. Much like a spring washer. You could turn it the other way and try to bend it but that is not how this washer was designed in the first place, it would also be hard to bend because of the formed flange making the washer very stiff.

The nut has a recess so it can push up against the washer and sprocket without fouling / hitting the spline. If the nut ends up hiting the spline it cannot tighten anymore.

The old washers shown on the photos are flat and are meant to be bent over one or two faces of the nut to stop the nut from turning loose.

My personal preference are the flat washers you bend over. You can also use tread locking compounds such as Loctite Blue or Red.
 
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