Surly it can't be this hard!
Hey all you XT/TT owners. I have been trying to remove my front sprocket-and can't! Up to now I throught myself mecanicaly minded, Ha! From the looks of what thread I can see the securing nut is on a conventional right hand thread so having flattened the 'securty' washer out behind the nut I throught it would then be simply be a case of undoing it. I have however found I cant undo it. With the engine in gear, and my brother standing on the rear break pedal (To hold rear wheel still and therefore the rear sprocket and hence also the front sprocket)-Im sure i could have found a shorter way of saying that :-) I am still with all my force and 2ft wrench only resulting in lifting the bike and not undoing the covering nut.
Am I:
1 .very stupid, because I have missed somthing obious.
2. Not strong enough.
3. should be glad that Dave Lambert has obiously done a good job tightening everything up, making sure nothing falls off!
Cheers George
|