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Re: [St] Rear Sprocket replacement
- Subject: Re: [St] Rear Sprocket replacement
- From: Eoin Kirwan <eoinkirwan@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 01:43:14 +0000
On Friday 30 Nov 2007, rlnm2000@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> The way I was told was to keep the rear wheel planted and use the rear
> brake to keep still also. I actually did this myself because the breaker
> bar socket wrench I had was long enough to get enough leverage. She was on
> her side stand and I basically straddled her as if I was going to ride her
> and stood on the rear brake as I leveraged the sprocket nut. Worked quire
> well actually.
Same way I did mine. Was no problem at all with a metre-long bar. Bought a
torque wrench nearly that long fairly cheaply, and tightened it up with ease
too.
BTW it's not a stake nut on the front sprocket, it's a lockwasher. Mine had
already been re-used once, I had no problem re-using it again. The rear hub
nut is staked. It's hard to see how you could remove it, never mind re-stake
it, without it cracking - so replace it if disturbed. I had to remove my hub
assembly for greasing. Getting the large circlip off was the only difficult
part.
> Also, whichever method you use, be sure to disconnect the battery! If you
> use a long enough breaker bar, it has the potential to short across the
> alternator as it rotates and blow the main fuse. Trust me I know! :-)
I didn't remove any fairings, so kept the bar pointing towards the rear of the
bike, no problems.
Eoin
'04 ST955i
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