Hutch wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:03:
Stupid question on both counts. Same nut, same washer.. 2006 S-40.But I will bet that the last couple of threads sticking out of the nut on your bike, doesn't have lock-tite dripping off of it like mine does. I'll just have to heat it upand hope I don't fry the oil seal. If you heat it up and throw cold water on it, it usually "shocks" it and they will break loose. Works everytime for rusted nuts and bolt. I don't know how many times I have watched people try to heat a frozen nut and bolt cherry red and just twist it in two. You only have to heat it to hot(not red hot) and then throw cold water on it and presto, off comes the nut. Besides Greg, did you think I was kidding you about my luck. I will say that after 56 years of it, you tend not to let it get to you as bad. Tolerence build up I think they call it.
Aw Man. I kinda figured that you checked all of it. Just sometimes, I know that someone can ask me something and then the light will "come on" so to speak. Like "damm, how'd I miss that?"
I don't figure it's the fickle finger that much either. Sompin just ain't right.
As for the torch...that'll loosen it but as you mentioned the oil seal, there's no need for a dumb question there. I would be worried about all the heat you'll have to put on that pulley and where it is gonna go. That pulley is gonna draw off a lot..
I'm thinking that I'd use the torch lightly on the nut but if that didn't work pretty quick that I'd then take a cutoff wheel to the nut. Got a Dremel or a good air grinder?
Really baffling. When I first took mine off, I couldn't hold the bike and turn the nut, so I put a socket and bar on it, and because I didn't have an impactor, I smacked the bar with a mallet...broke loose...