Katana Owners Club U.K.

need help before i set about this thing with a hammer plse...

wheels need blasting so i want to strip them down so as not to get blast media into all the nooks and crannies... the drive plate/bevel/thing in the back wheel has 6 bolts holding it on with locking tabs. bent those back and the first bolt i try to remove snaps..... tried a second and it does the same. looks like there's perenant loctite or similar on the threads as they're pinkish and powdery... question is, is this normal or have i got a wheel put together by an idiot... or worse still, am i doing something wrong.

cheers



................... and breathe

Sounds like bad luck Steve. Bit of heat first ?

Pete

yep heat required to loosen loktite..............you'll struggle to get the snapped off bolts out now though, but theres plenty GG650 wheels on ebay!

650 wheels I reckon I have a spare if needed, will check at katjumble at my house when I pull it all out.

cheers fossie - looks like i'll need to take you up on that offer if still there

tried it with heat today and out of the 6 bolts... 5 snapped. long and the short of it, i think i'll just leave all that gumph in place and paint the next one myself... when you get a change can you let me know what you'd like for it please and maybe stick a little cardboard around it so i can arrange a courier to swing by and collect it?

cheers m8
sparki

No worries you can check it out at the rally if you wish, depending on urgency, But guess what sparki....
.............I found........a......................little........black........cap from ......the ignition barrel. And it's in your box..................... :

bit by bit eh... Tbh as long as the wheel is straight and not been attacked by some spanner wielding Maniac I'm sure it'll be fine. No need to drag it along