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[QUOTE="justalonewolf007, post: 1402190, member: 77294"] Tonight has me a little frustrated with the project thus far. Mostly due to funding issues of course. It would seem that the more I take apart, the more I find that is entirely wrecked. I called up a local bike shop to see if they'd be able to true my rear wheel. I figured that I would send along a handful of new spokes, and hopefully have a smaller bill. They used to do motorcycle wheels, and I had been advised that it'd be just as well done without hurting my pocketbook so badly. Tonight I tackled the removal of the rear wheel. Not supposed to be too tough right (eh for you Canadian readers)? I grabbed a wrench, checked to be sure of the direction I was supposed to turn, then gave an almighty pull on the axle nut. To my pleasant surprise, it came with ease, and began to turn. Except that I realized very shortly thereafter that the entire axle was just spinning with the nut thanks to the trashed axle block. [Tag for picture] My first thoughts were to try jam something in the axle to keep it from turning just enough to get the nut loose. A quick search produced nothing that could possibly work, and I really couldn't think of anything that would do that trick well, so I moved on to the next option. The mashed out spots on the chain adjuster block looked like they might just have enough room to allow the tips of a wrench to slide in. Maybe, just maybe I could get a wrench in to hold it so I could get the sucker off. Nothing fit. Then, I remembered something fairly important (more like a derdader moment had been happening). I turned the nut so as to get the flat ends of the bolt to line up with the swingarm. Now any gigantic wrench would fit perfectly! Now all I needed was a gigantic wrench. That actually took about three seconds to find, beings as the thing is about as long as my leg, and was lying handily in plain sight on a nearby shelf. Actually...I had kinda whacked my head on it while I was looking for something else. It worked awesome. [Tag for pictures] Then I saw the carnage. [more pictures] The axle and nut are prettymuch junk. There are no threads left in the nut, just shrapnel and lines where threads used to be (no, I didn't do it). The axle has a gigantic gouge in the threads, which are also nearly non-existant. I got some help in pounding the poor disaster axle out. It was rough looking. We figured we'd pop off the tire, but it's so stiff that we'll have to wait until there are nicer tools to help with that project. It may be that I need a new rear hub since things are that rusty. Add to the list: -Rear Axle -Rear Axle nut -Rear wheel bearings, spacers/bushing thingers. [/QUOTE]
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