Back wheel spindle stuck. - SV650.org

22-08-14, 04:51 PM

Hello my back wheel spindle has stuck and will not slide out. The bike had sat after going through a heavy winter. And it seems the bearing has stuck to the spindle. Had a big hammer on it but it is moving the swing arm with it. Have had a power tool on the right handside nut. The nut spins the spindle but will not spin it out, just keeps spinning. Any advice please wellcome.
Ged

rictus01 · 22-08-14, 05:41 PM

put the bike between two gate posts/ walls etc, and use a hydraulic bottle jack.

Jayneflakes · 22-08-14, 09:09 PM

Lots of pentrating oil and a big hammer. It will give in the end and then you can repair it. If it is that stuck already, how damaged is the bearing and how easy is it to repair once free? Face it, you are going to have to buy a bearing anyway and maybe a spindle if that is already damaged from the hammering. If you can get a hydraulic press or jack on it, the force will break the rust, but it will also require some repair work after.

Good luck and when it comes to reassembly, puts lots of copper slip on the spindle to stop this happening again.

23-08-14, 02:46 PM

Are saying brace the swing arm with a block off wood against a post then hit it?

SIII · 23-08-14, 06:14 PM

Don't put copper slip on spindle, put grease on the spindle. Copper slip is not good for bearings, which there are a couple in there.

Sid Squid · 23-08-14, 07:12 PM

I've been presented with this problem a few times, be careful just whacking it, I've seen a couple of wheel hubs get damaged that way. If it really is rusted solid then you'll need to cut the spindle to remove it, where possible cut through the spacers, they're the cheapest parts to replace, then with the wheel removed ascertain which bearing it's stuck in and drift the remains of the spindle and bearing out of the wheel in the normal way.
Don't use copper grease - if it gets into the new bearings they'll be destroyed in no time.

22-08-14, 04:51 PM	#1
gedcarney Guest Posts: n/a	Back wheel spindle stuck. Hello my back wheel spindle has stuck and will not slide out. The bike had sat after going through a heavy winter. And it seems the bearing has stuck to the spindle. Had a big hammer on it but it is moving the swing arm with it. Have had a power tool on the right handside nut. The nut spins the spindle but will not spin it out, just keeps spinning. Any advice please wellcome. Ged

22-08-14, 05:41 PM	#2
rictus01 Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: South London Posts: 9,799	Re: Back wheel spindle stuck. put the bike between two gate posts/ walls etc, and use a hydraulic bottle jack. __________________ Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, 'Wow! What a Ride!

23-08-14, 02:46 PM	#4
gedcarney Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Back wheel spindle stuck. Are saying brace the swing arm with a block off wood against a post then hit it?

23-08-14, 06:14 PM	#5
SIII Member Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Dumfries and Galloway Posts: 1,319	Re: Back wheel spindle stuck. Don't put copper slip on spindle, put grease on the spindle. Copper slip is not good for bearings, which there are a couple in there. __________________ "You know, Scotland has its own martial arts. Yeah, it's called Fuk-U. It's mostly just head butting and then kicking people when they're on the ground" The Stoppy King

23-08-14, 07:12 PM	#6
Sid Squid No, I don't lend tools. Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Skunk Works, Nth London Posts: 8,680	Back wheel spindle stuck. I've been presented with this problem a few times, be careful just whacking it, I've seen a couple of wheel hubs get damaged that way. If it really is rusted solid then you'll need to cut the spindle to remove it, where possible cut through the spacers, they're the cheapest parts to replace, then with the wheel removed ascertain which bearing it's stuck in and drift the remains of the spindle and bearing out of the wheel in the normal way. Don't use copper grease - if it gets into the new bearings they'll be destroyed in no time. __________________ If an SV650 has a flat tyre in the forest and no-one is there to blow it up, how long will it be 'til someone posts that the reg/rec is duff and the world will end unless a CBR unit is fitted? A little bit of knowledge = a dangerous thing. "a deathless anthem of nuclear-strength romantic angst"

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