Remove rear axle nut on 14 Breakout

Thunder~Struck said:

Can`t believe an impact would`t bust it loose.
The older ones were castle nuts with a cotter pin. No Loctite. But may have changed.
When I pulled mine on a 99 FXST got it done by hand with a 3/4" drive ratchet and large crescent wrench.
Bike was used though so do`t know if it had been off and re-torqued properly before or not.

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Thunder~Struck said:

Can`t believe an impact would`t bust it loose.
The older ones were castle nuts with a cotter pin. No Loctite. But may have changed.
When I pulled mine on a 99 FXST got it done by hand with a 3/4" drive ratchet and large crescent wrench.
Bike was used though so do`t know if it had been off and re-torqued properly before or not.

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BlackBeast14 said:

How do you remove the rear axle nut on a 2014 Breakout? What tool do you use since the hex head is so big? Do you loosen from the left side or from the right where the exhaust is? Is there locktite on the threads? Tried to loosen it with a hex head bolt and impact wrench. Unsuccessful

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bobf said:

I don't want to sound mean, or to dis you, but if you can't get a nut off a bolt, maybe you need a little more "learning" before trying to work on your bike.

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Thunder~Struck said:

Can`t believe an impact would`t bust it loose.
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gunslingers13 said:

Man... sometimes the people on here answer posts even when they have no idea whats going on. But at least they are offering what they believe is to be help, unlike the one guy that said something along the line that since you dont know how to bring an axle nut off you better get educated before you move on in life, he,s the dumbest one of them all. This Breakout configuration is an internal hex axle nut which requires a special wrench. Your nut is on the drive belt side of the machine. A hack for this would be to go to the hardware store and purchase an aircraft quality bolt that has a 3/4 in. head and is 1 1/2in. long. Then screw on 3-4 more nuts of the same size and tighten down. Insert this into the internal hex backwards... bolt head first, and remove nut with a 3/4in. 1/2 in. drive socket and a good size break down bar. Be sure you put bolt head first or the nuts will simply back off of the bolt.

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Thunder~Struck said:

Really. First post and that is how you want to start? :|

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misinlink said:

Well... Some just like to start at the bottom of the hole.

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gunslingers13 said:

Man... sometimes the people on here answer posts even when they have no idea whats going on. But at least they are offering what they believe is to be help, unlike the one guy that said something along the line that since you dont know how to bring an axle nut off you better get educated before you move on in life, he,s the dumbest one of them all. This Breakout configuration is an internal hex axle nut which requires a special wrench. Your nut is on the drive belt side of the machine. A hack for this would be to go to the hardware store and purchase an aircraft quality bolt that has a 3/4 in. head and is 1 1/2in. long. Then screw on 3-4 more nuts of the same size and tighten down. Insert this into the internal hex backwards... bolt head first, and remove nut with a 3/4in. 1/2 in. drive socket and a good size break down bar. Be sure you put bolt head first or the nuts will simply back off of the bolt.

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BlackBeast14 said:

How do you remove the rear axle nut on a 2014 Breakout? What tool do you use since the hex head is so big? Do you loosen from the left side or from the right where the exhaust is? Is there locktite on the threads? Tried to loosen it with a hex head bolt and impact wrench. Unsuccessful

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gunslingers13 said:

Man... sometimes the people on here answer posts even when they have no idea whats going on. But at least they are offering what they believe is to be help, unlike the one guy that said something along the line that since you dont know how to bring an axle nut off you better get educated before you move on in life, he,s the dumbest one of them all. This Breakout configuration is an internal hex axle nut which requires a special wrench. Your nut is on the drive belt side of the machine. A hack for this would be to go to the hardware store and purchase an aircraft quality bolt that has a 3/4 in. head and is 1 1/2in. long. Then screw on 3-4 more nuts of the same size and tighten down. Insert this into the internal hex backwards... bolt head first, and remove nut with a 3/4in. 1/2 in. drive socket and a good size break down bar. Be sure you put bolt head first or the nuts will simply back off of the bolt.

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gunslingers13 said:

Man... sometimes the people on here answer posts even when they have no idea whats going on. But at least they are offering what they believe is to be help, unlike the one guy that said something along the line that since you dont know how to bring an axle nut off you better get educated before you move on in life, he,s the dumbest one of them all. This Breakout configuration is an internal hex axle nut which requires a special wrench. Your nut is on the drive belt side of the machine. A hack for this would be to go to the hardware store and purchase an aircraft quality bolt that has a 3/4 in. head and is 1 1/2in. long. Then screw on 3-4 more nuts of the same size and tighten down. Insert this into the internal hex backwards... bolt head first, and remove nut with a 3/4in. 1/2 in. drive socket and a good size break down bar. Be sure you put bolt head first or the nuts will simply back off of the bolt.

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