Pulling off the front sprocket

[Jonnie Boy]

The dealers use a specific kinda white grease, don't know the technical name, sprockets just pull right off, easy like

It's what ya pay for



Edit .... and copperlip is NOT the right stuff!

Edit edit .... the grease is E X P E N S I V E but with 85,000 miles and several sprockets fitted there has not been a problem

Probably lithium grease. I use a nickle/graphite anti seize paste no probs so far
With a squize of ACF50 as well.

 

[tosh23]

Ya gota laugh.. wrong address
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lucas-Whi...ailers_Transporters_Parts&hash=item2c6d6ad0d3
I cant see anything wrong in using copper slip other that the copper shards inside the grease being abrasive to the shaft, but it would only be abrasive if the sprocket had some movement to rub the shards between the two surfaces...
As I understand it lithium grease is good for brake pins and heat applications where rubber is involved because of the non petroleum base.
Seeing as the sprocket and shaft don't suffer with heat and its just the mating of the two surfaces, surely any permanent grease will stop salt and shite welding them together....
Mind you what do I know...f**k all..

 

[ILMV]

Front Sprocket Update

Right folks, so I bought a cheap £30 slide hammer on the old eBay, just before one of you guys says it's unadvisable to put that kind of force on the output shaft.

I did it anyway... here's hoping I've not feeked anything up.

At first I thought I would be there all day, cautious of giving the sprocket too much of a blow with the slide hammer. In the end I manned up, gave it a few good whacks and it made it's way loose.

Cleaned up the output shaft, bit of copper greese (I'm going to regularly take the sprocket off clean, etc) and the new one went on easily, unlike the previous one which I needed to hammer home.

So it's now sorted, which is a result

 

[ILMV]

Guys, someone was saying about lithium greese in this thread... well Aldi have some on special this weekend.

http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/offers_week19Sunday13.htm?WT.z_src=main

 

[Dean]

http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/offers_week19Sunday13.htm?WT.z_src=main

That's a good price, Just a thought for you smaller riders - Those Lidl pulley systems looks great for the basket cases



Lidl looking after the lickle peeps

 

[tosh23]

GOOD FIND...WELL DONE..

 

[MEB]

I had the exact same problem and it seemed nothing would work. Bought one of these
http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/p...de-hammer-puller-set?da=1&TC=SRC-slide+hammer
and although being £56, it did the job on the second pull on the slide hammer. Absolutely a brilliant tool- expensive but feels quality and easy to set up