01-06-14, 07:14 PM
Hey people, so my rear hugger was knackered and a chunk had cracked off and gone forwards towards the sprocket housing, no bilgy whipped the hugger off and removed the broken bit from the housing. I thought I'd bester remove the sprocket cover to check that no little bits had gone into it. This is where it gets interesting, since I've had the bike I've had no reason to remove the sprocket housing and so I was interested to see what the sprocket but would look like having read that they're problematic. The sprocket nut just spun around I literally just pulled it off the spindle, there is no thread whatsoever on the nut and I can see a rub mark on the inside of the cover where it has been rubbing. So the only thing holding mine chain on was the thickness of the nut against the sprocket cover :eek .
I'm not gonna ride it until I've got a nut on here and I'm gonna take the opportunity to replace the chain and sprockets. I'm worried now though because there is not thread on this nut and I'm thinking has the previous owner had a problem with it and just chucked on a bigger nut and reamed the inside out. I've got some photos, do you think it's possible for the spindle to wear the inside out this cleanly? There is thread on the spindle but I hope the new nut will go on OK.
I'm not gonna ride it until I've got a nut on here and I'm gonna take the opportunity to replace the chain and sprockets. I'm worried now though because there is not thread on this nut and I'm thinking has the previous owner had a problem with it and just chucked on a bigger nut and reamed the inside out. I've got some photos, do you think it's possible for the spindle to wear the inside out this cleanly? There is thread on the spindle but I hope the new nut will go on OK.