paralever adjuster locknut

[GSART]

When adjusting my paralever i found that the locknut and pivot bolt were stuck together and so adjustment proved troublesome. I heated the area and carefully tightened and loosened pair using both the locknut and pivot bolt to try to free them.

This worked nicely and freed the two, however the resultant problem is that the pivot bolt has threaded slightly but enough not to allow 160nm!!

I know i need to replace the pivot bolt, but i also need the bike..... what do you think guys???? i wont hold anyone to it, but should i nip it up, keep an eye on it or use patience and wait for the new part????

 

[Rob Farmer]

Don't f*ck about with safety. for the sake of a two day wait for a new part I'd wait. if it did come off the best scenario is likely to be you sliding down the road with a wrecked bike. I'll leave your imagination to think of the worst.

When we did Terry Ryans pivot bearings it took two of us with a long bar to break the seal and that was after heating it up.

 

[GSART]

Thank you!! a good point, sometimes you need a good telling to remind you that patience is a virtue!

local BMW dealer has them in stock and i can get them tomorrow.... shame i have to use the car and then borrow a mates bike for the day, but still at least can get it sorted!

 

[Gas'd Off]

Under advisement from a bmw mechanic after replacing the bearings I did not use threadlock on reassembly. That was many thousand miles ago, it hasn't come loose yet. Heat the area thoroughly with a blow torch, remove the nut and bolt (it should undo easily once heated), clean all remaining threadlock and on reassembly just dab a few blobs of threadlock on the underside of the nut.

 

[davegs]

Lock nuts.

Do heat this up thoughrouly but DON'T USE A BLOW TORCH!, a hot air gun is required either from your local; hire shop or screwfix £14.99. which works very well. But, do make sure it is HOT this is to melt the locktite not expand the bearing housing.
dave ( full of hot air) GS.

 

[Gas'd Off]

DON'T USE A BLOW TORCH!

I did, it was fine. Just a plumbers blow torch

 

[Welshman]

I did, it was fine. Just a plumbers blow torch

I used a kitchen Propane (lighter gas) torch that the wife uses to brown "Creme Brulee" it worked a treat, very precise flame, but very surpticiously, funny they don,t like kitchen stuff used on the bikes.

O yeah, no corrosion issues here, so easier probably.

Welsh