problems

[newbueller91]

so im taken off the front end and swingarm for paint and the lower part of the tripletree wont come out, i tried for hours and nothin, is there something im missing or is it just locked in the bearings and i need to soke it in wd40 to loosen it up? and i tried to remove the rear wheel and broke two wrenchs and a socket wrench!! the rear axle wont move? i have a breaker bar but i dont want to break it too, any ideas?

thanks,
kody

[jakestolar]

Kody

Take a 2x4 or rubber mallet and beat the lower triple off.

on the rear wheel, did you take out the bolt pinch bolt on the bottom of the swing arm?

[jakestolar]

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[newbueller91]

i tried the rubber mallet but it was a small one. ill just go big tonight and try i heavier one, and yes i did take out the bolt and double checked everything and tried reverse thread and regular thread with no good outcome?

[jakestolar]

The rear axle is regular threaded. I used a 5 foot breaker bar. Just gotta commit! Honestly an impact driver is the best bet.

on the triple tree the bearing was seized to the stem and it took on hell of an effort to get it out. The bearing blew up on me before it gave way

Both scenarios were on an 05 R with 22k miles

[newbueller91]

ok ill just go all out then,:D, i was just concerned about breakin somethin. and mines a 03 s with 25k on it so mines prolly about in the same position yours was.
thanks for the help, ill post tomorrow and let ya know how it went.

[newbueller91]

well as i said, heres the update.

i got the back wheel off with a 3 ft breaker bar and i currently have the triple tree bearings soking in an over the top amount of lube and wd40 cause i tried to hit it out with no effect again so im gonna give it a few day and then try it, i dont have to have it ready for paint till next week so got some time.

thanks again jakestolar