Did you pick up the wrong nut? Maybe it's 1mm too big. Nice pictures.

 

Nope, 10mm...

I'm stumped, been working on this for 2 hours now...

 

could it be that the top part of the bolt is not set in the groove? try pushing down on the top of the bolt to get it set and unscrewing the nut.

 

Dave, can't tell if its in the groove, but its certainly not turning... This kind of defies all laws of physics, and left loosey righty tighty, that I know of... Now I'm pissed.... How is it possible for the bolt to remain stationary, and the nut to spin without threading in either direction...? $1.00 to the person that can answer that question... It's not cross-threaded, and there's plenty of slack/slop/whatever where the lever hinges around the bolt - due to no bushing of course. Makes no sense!

 

Dude, take small visegrips at 90 degree angle(straight down) and gently pull down while simultaneously turning the nut to re-engage the threads.

 

quote:Originally posted by tnwarrior

Dude, take small visegrips at 90 degree angle(straight down) and gently pull down while simultaneously turning the nut to re-engage the threads.


Tried that too bro, all it did was spin, spin, spin...

 

hey jim, i just went out & looked at my bike. looks like a nylock nut that may have crosed up. try sloting the end of the bolt & stick a screwdriver on it. looks like you have enough room. if that doesnt work youll need to bust the nut. be gentle

 

Pig, thanks - I'll give that a try... Man, I didn't want to tear the nut up but here goes nothing... I hope this is something I don't have to go back to Yamaha to replace....

 

after reading your post again just bust the nut or grind it with a dremel tool & be done

 

Well, I think busting the nut is the only option available at this point. Just gave the top of the bolt a good couple of whacks to get a slot started and didn't even put a dent in it.... Any suggestions on how to break the nut off without damaging the bolt - or is that a stretch? Dremel it is... didn't even think about that...

 

after reading your post again just bust the nut or grind it with a dremel tool & be done

 

could it be that youre dealing with a stud that was swedged into the pivot & the swedge came loose, makeing it spin?

 

quote:Originally posted by PigDog

could it be that youre dealing with a stud that was swedged into the pivot & the swedge came loose, makeing it spin?


Possible, but I can't tell... the bolt moves from side to side a little with movement of the clutch lever. Also, the nut will turn maybe 1/16 of a turn by hand, and the bolt turns that much with it. But if I push down on the bolt and try to unthread the nut, pull down on the nut while trying to unthread it, twist the lever so the bolt is at a slight angle and try to unthread - no luck! I'll cut the nut off tomorrow...

 

i have a dremel tool if you need it. also i think i remember seeing a little nylon insert that went around the barrel on the cable. did you have one of those too?

 

Yep to the nylon insert, its still on there. I was thinking about trying to pull the cable out with the lever still on there, giving me a little more leverage to torque around with the lever a bit more... I'm resigned to the fact that I'll grab my dremel from work and cut the F#$%er off tomorrow... I'm gonna go watch Monster house now and go laugh at other people destroy perfectly good homes and turn them into themeparks... Thanks for your input, I'll give you an update tomorrow...

 

Jim,

Sorry to hear that. Go DREMEL! Cut it off and get a new bolt and nut. Its a pain but it will work.

 

To **** with it all, go buy a large crate of beer and watch some TV: pretend it's all going to sort out with a few hours rest.

 

This is really strange. Jimbo, please post what you finally figure out what was going on

 

if that doesn't work, try drilling it out. centr punch the top of the bolt, and drill the top of the bolt off. You'll need to replace them, but it sounds like you are going to have to anyway. Sorry you had this problem man.

 

Go drink then Sleep it off. Normally works for me.

 

Just talked to a machinist buddy of mine here at work. Turns out this is not a common problem, but is possible with nylock nuts. He says its possible to pull a thread or two while tightening (although you'll probably here and/or feel a pop). All it takes is another 1/2 turn or so in either direction and the threads will cross and become fouled all by themselves, the threads being bound in the nut can't bite the threads on the bolt... The dremel's getting busted out when I get home... I hope the bolt isn't on backorder, or maybe I'll rig something up from the parts store - I just can't see cutting the nut off without damaging the bolt..

 

Sounds like that is the answer. Those are normally very dependable nuts, the nylocks

 

Jimboman I hope you get that **** thing out and really liked the pics....

 

Well, after 10 minutes with the dremel that nut is off. I'm assuming I pulled a thread or two and crossed it from there. Anyway, $1.50 at the hardware store later these are the results [/emoticons/emotion-1.gif]



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I learned two important lessons from this fiasco. Don't be in a hurry to put things together, and the dremel is the greatest tool invented... Thanks for everyone's input, now I got ridin' to do [/emoticons/emotion-2.gif][/emoticons/emotion-2.gif][/emoticons/emotion-2.gif][/emoticons/emotion-2.gif]

 

Go enjoy it. /emoticons/emotion-1.gif