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That was a fun couple of hours on Monday... Decided I need to sell my ET4 as I'm not really using it any more & I could put the money towards finishing off the garden. (Bosses idea ) But she does need a bit of a service before she goes. Now i did debate about buying a clutch bell housing holding tool thingamy , but the Haynes manual suggests using a couple of screw drivers to keep it from turning whilst undoing the nut.... So two bent and one snapped screw drivers later I come up with the genius idea of..... wait for it....

All i need to do is stop the wheel from turning...

What can I find in the garage to do that.... ???

A Pick axe handle.

Turned sideways fits nice n snug in the rear wheel... Cranking the arse out of the nut still not budging... I then spend the next hour trying to get the handle out of the Vespa's death grip hold with out causing any damage...

Needless to say the tool is now on order, & this tool has to wait another week before my little wrestlers grip ET4 goes on sale ..

Any buyers lmao
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Had to do the same to my old Met. Too lock the wheel, I just took 2 ratchet straps. One around a spoke secured to my truck and the other around another spoke to the column of my porch. I had no choice, the idiots at the Honda dealer must have torqued it to at least 300 ft lbs, as it took a 4 ft pipe on a breaker bar to budge it
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tommylittlescooter wrote:
Had to do the same to my old Met. Too lock the wheel, I just took 2 ratchet straps. One around a spoke secured to my truck and the other around another spoke to the column of my porch. I had no choice, the idiots at the Honda dealer must have torqued it to at least 300 ft lbs, as it took a 4 ft pipe on a breaker bar to budge it
Not a bad idea that... I might try this with the tooling just in case, cos that nut is as tight as ****
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Well done for havin a crack at it (is the wheel now actually wobbly?! Razz emoticon Laughing emoticon ). I remember that job on my old ET. Offer of the ramp at mine stands if you need it (and um, I have that tool you need...) Best tips on stuck nuts - lots of lube/wd40, heat from a paint stripper gun or hairdryer to get some expansion and crack any rust, long handled wrench/torque wrench to get maximum down force on it.

The ET service schedule should be in the Wiki if you want to tick off the work 'by the book' (pretty easy to do).

Good luck mate!
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brown_beret7 wrote:
Well done for havin a crack at it (is the wheel now actually wobbly?! Razz emoticon Laughing emoticon ). I remember that job on my old ET. Offer of the ramp at mine stands if you need it (and um, I have that tool you need...) Best tips on stuck nuts - lots of lube/wd40, heat from a paint stripper gun or hairdryer to get some expansion and crack any rust, long handled wrench/torque wrench to get maximum down force on it.

The ET service schedule should be in the Wiki if you want to tick off the work 'by the book' (pretty easy to do).

Good luck mate!
Ha thanks for the offer Big Bruv (lol) I have set up a little ramp thing on a gym cage I have at home and a couple of scaffolding boards & a door... I'll have to post a picture... Very Heath Robinson... Thanks for the tips I shall try all the above.. It's like the nut has never been off.
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You need a 'welly magnifier' - AKA a scaffold pole on the end of the breaker bar.
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