its threaded, you want to loosen the pinch bolts on the oppisite side of the "allen" head.. U need a big ass allen (or u can use a bolt with 2 nuts)to take the axle off.

 

There have been several threads on this topic already, basically with some people preferring to use a 19mm 1/2" drive hex socket bit (available from McMaster Carr) and others using 3/4" nuts on a bolt or an inverted spark plug socket. Me, I like new tools so I bought the 19mm hex bit.

Piece of cake to remove and replace the axle.

 

Sorry guys, I didn't even think to do the search.

So I guess I will try to find 2 nuts...oh, there they are. Now I just need a bolt. [/emoticons/emotion-2.gif]

 

I got a 3/4" Allen wrench to take it out from a hardware supply store. (Not a home improvement store)

 

spark plug socket reversed works great.

 

Yep it's threaded. Just remember to loosen the pinch bolt before removing the front axle.

You can find all kinds of things to fit the recess in the front axle.

OR

 

LOL - man, you guys are the freakin' MacGiever's of the RSwarrior Forum.

If someone had said, "take a chisel, put an open ended box wrench on it and go to work"...I most likely would have been posting something tomorrow saying "****, I really screwed this up and accidentally took off the whole front end."

Thanks guys. That should about do it. I have both the chisel, and the bolt, and will be picking up the allen head socket tomorrow just in case.

 

Ok, wise guys......How about removing the whole end piece from the lower fork tube? Has anyone done that?

 

Yes, but that doesn't allow me to take the rotor and brake assembly off to run the right side naked. If the whole assembly comes off, the axle still blocks the rotor.

Ok, THE CHISEL WON OUT IN AN 11th HOUR DECISION (read that as: couldn't find a local hardware store, got stuck with a home improvement store, and they didn't have allen head drives that big).

THANKS, THANKS, THANKS. I so completely learned something, and got a new tool out of it as well.

Now I just need 8 really nicely polished allen bolts to put in the holes to replace the stock ones that look like crud.