Front Axle Help Needed!!

[Honda200s84]

Hello

the front tire on my 1984 Honda 200s desprately needs changing. and i am having a hell of a time getting the front axle to cooperate.
i have tryed WD-40 and JUMPING on a 2-Ft breaker bar, NOTHING!!
My next plan of action is to have at her with an impact and see if that will break it loose, but i wanted to ask before i go and hurt my self or my bike.
do you guys have any tricks, short of heating it? (all i got is a propane torch)

Thank you.
Honda200s84

[stillhunter]

Heat is your friend but be carefull not to melt the aluminum. I tried to use a breaking bar on my sx and broke the axle. Ended up dropping left fork welding remaining axle to table at work and then used heat and got it out. Don't think it would have come out to easily even with heat considering the backing plate was seized to the shaft as well as the inside bearing races.Now I'm waiting for my axle to come in the mail. $15.00 bearing job now close to $70 and 6 hours labour.

[rodeofan5656]

on one of the forks on my '86 200x, theres a clamp that you have to loosen for the axle to turn. the other fork has a threaded hole for the axle to screw into. does yours have this clamp? did you loosen it? itll also help if you can get the front tire off the ground when torquin on it. puts less pressure on the axle. you can do this by puttin somethin under the frame to lift the front end up. make sure the rearend stays put on the ground though. thats how i did mine

[dougspcs]

I have never had any of the issues that others have trying to remove front axles..maybe I'm just lucky.

But then I own an electric impact gun..it hasn't failed to remove an axle yet!!!

[Scootertrash]

What Doug said.
WD40 isn't the best for freeing rusty or seized nuts and bolts, and it's not what it was designed for initially. I use Kroil or Deep Creep, the machine shop I use uses Kroil exclusively
Try the impact first (I have a pneumatic one) If it doesn't come loose after 2 or 3 tries, throw some heat to it. Don't be afraid to heat it up good, but do it in small increments. Focus the heat on the nut, not the fork. Heat it up, try it, heat a little more, try again. You'd have to get it pretty hot to melt the shock, aluminum melts at roughly 1200 degrees farenheit.

Get yourself a tank of Mapp gas instead of propane, it's much hotter. It's a yellow tank instead of blue, but the same size ;)