rear axel question.. 200x

[BiGDawG]

i know its probably been asked a million times but i couldn't find any straight answers, i replaced my bearings and then i just snugged up the axle bolts and today while riding they came lose lucky i noticed and snugged them up again but why are the coming off? do i need to make them tighter?


also while i'm thinking about it i replace my rear break pads and now my rear breaks don't work? fluid is full i thing i didn't do and still want to try is i didn't bleed them but pushing on them a few times don't do nothing like on a car

[oldskool83]

is your swingarm bolt tight? chain worn, sprocket worn?

[Jason125m]

Those damned things never stay tight. Get a big f'n wrench and use loctite on the threads. ESPECIALLY if your axle is bent. My axle is bent on my 350x, and no matter how much red loctite i use, or how tight they are, they become loose within a few weeks!

[BiGDawG]

nothings warn as far as i know should be tight and my axle is not bent, hmm i'll look into loctite and yea i had to use a pipe or monkey wrench as i don't have 2 big enough open end wrench's

[oldskool83]

posi lock! spend $600 and it will fit that...durablue!

[BiGDawG]

i'm good don't have that kinda cash laying around if i did i'd have and extended axle and swing arm lol, and never had the prob of it coming off before i changed the bearing's

[Jason125m]

Years of crusted dirt was holding them in place.

[yamaha driver]

i use loctite works pretty good to keep your nuts on..

[BiGDawG]

probably i did lost of mudding and water crossings but think i'm done with that replacing the bearings is a pain took me forever to get them out all my bolts came off easy though nothing striped or broke, where can i get loctite at, hardware store?

[Jason125m]

Any hardware or autoparts store should have it. Red loctite.

[kasey200x]

You have to tighten the first nut. Then while holding it in place with one wrench, use another to tighten the second nut(you want to snug it up to the first nut then a bit further.) Turn them towards each other with a pretty good amount of force. You can use the same method to remove cylinder studs if it's a last resort.

Sorry if it's kind of difficult to understand.

[BiGDawG]

i get what your saying i just don't have 2 wrench's that big, i got 2 money / pipe wrench's might have to try it with them

[kasey200x]

Should work great, just kind of tough to squeeze them so close together.

If you can't get it and have no one to help you,(Sitting behind the atc facing the front of it) put one pipe wrench on top of the left nut facing down and roll the bike until the wrench is in a suitable position to sit/stand on the handle. put the other on the right nut from the bottom facing up, and pull up.

It won't take turning to far before the "lock-nut" locks Lol

[oldskool83]

i have an old jeep willys wrench i use to get them oem 200x nuts off, most are never taken off and frozen on due to dirt. my guess is its just not tight nuff. try adding soming lock tight and then electrical taping the nuts to keep them clean.