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Two problems; 1; turning the bolts in the wheel-hub; 2; stopping the wheel; turn whilst you do so!
If the wheel is out of the bike, then stopping it turning whilst tackling bolts can be a bit of a contortion; often easiest to put the wheel back on, lock the wheel from turning with the brake adjuster... yes, it is a pitya to keep undouing the adjuster to turn the wheel 60 deg or so to tackle the next one round... but that little bit of faff usually a lot less than trying to hold loose parts still whilst wielding tools.
That's the first thing; Second thing here is ... ahrg! SOCKETS! YTF are you grumbling about 12-point sockets and the supply of 6pointr sockets or in fact ANY kind of socket! What is wrong with a simple, plain ordinary SPANNER FFS!!!
An open ended C-spanner grips flats not corners, and if you have ground the corners off with a 12-point by now, what the feck you got left to grip with a 6-point? Oh yes the FLATS a spanner grips! Spanner will also put the torque on the head of the bolt at the bolt head, not the length of a socket plus the ratchet away from the head, so you are twisting on two planes cock to each other helping chew bolt head corners.... There's a LOT to be said for the plain simple, humble spanner, and oh-so many instances is the 'best' tool for the job.... and should be the first tool reached for... NOT a stuffing socket set!
Tab washers? You mention... err... they should have been hammered flat and out the way before you start trying to twist bolts, and shouldn't be in the way.... so why are they? This is what an engineers chissel is good for, failing that, an old butter knife will usually 'do'... no.. not a flat bladed screwdriver.... HEATHEN notion, brutalising screwdrivers as chissels or pry-bars!!! Well... if you have a pre-buggered one, I suppose.... but still....
Leverage? Yeah... a stubborn faster is a bit hard to turn I suppose, BUT, still no reason to reach for the socket set and breaker bar, as first course..... the off-set mentioned, PLUS the gross force you can get with the mechanical magnification of a long lever, IS as likely to see the torque at the faster head sufficient that you DONT make the chuffing thing turn... you just get all exited as it 'feels' like its turning... when in fact its actually 'shearing'... and you are left with a sheared steel shank of bolt, in a usually aluminium hole, to deal with... without anything to get a spanner or socket of however many points to grip on... sprocket or whatever will shoulf lift off the shank, so you can tackle in your own time... b-u-t, there's no beating Murphey, I find... and he will make sure that ONE bludy fastener stays put, or there's an index peg in there or 'something' to make him laugh! BUT, sockets with the off-set, cupping the bolt head so you cant actually 'see' what you are doing, IS a very good way to give Murphey his dues here, and make problems rather than solve them....
Try a spanner... try more gentle persuasion, and dont rush... 'some-one' and probably a deminutative Chbinese woman in tyhe case of a YBR, put this together, YOU should then be able to take it apart. NO fancy tools or mega forces required... just a bit of common cocum and patience....
PUT the socket set away, fort now, and try a simple spanner.... amazing how much they will do, and how many problems they dont even encounter, IME! ____________________ My Webby'Tef's-tQ, loads of stuff about my bikes, my Land-Rovers, and the stuff I do with them!
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 4 years, 335 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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