Mike Beck Posted August 16, 2007 Report Share Posted August 16, 2007 Hey, The other day while riding I noticed that my wheel was moving around a lot, upon inspection I realised that my Chris King axle has snapped The axle has snapped on the side where it is solid ( not the un-screwing end ) which leaves me with nothing to hold the axle still with, i.e. nothing to turn the insert against. My dileama is that I can't remove the broken axle to replace it with a new one. Any ideas, known ways of removing or help greatly appreciated. Lewis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixed Pants™ Posted August 17, 2007 Report Share Posted August 17, 2007 (edited) My knowledge of Chris King hubs is extremely limited, but have you got the special Chris King tool? I've heard people mention them, maybe that could help? It'd probably be for the best if you don't have one and do get one, as i've heard that bodging via not using the propper tool can seriously mess things up.Other than that, i'm not sure on what you mean, i've had 0 experience with CK's, but if you could get pics, i'm sure it could help the people that actually know about it.By the way, thanks for not being a f**ktard, there seems to be a lot of fools in NMC that post 'hi m8 a\/ u cheeakkd that da axel isnt snappd m8? wat biek do u ride' etc etc, you should be validated in no time.EDIT: Ahh, you've been here since 2004? What's happened here then? Did you f**k up majorly in the past?EDIT 2: Looking through your previous topics, looks like you weren't the best, but you've sorted that out, meh, i think you've redeemed yourself. Edited August 17, 2007 by Fat Pants Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 17, 2007 Report Share Posted August 17, 2007 I'd imagine it's just a hollow axel like any other standard quick release.So you've snapped the axel in the middle and now have one side left inside the hub? the side which is in is the side with the preload nut on it?(you should have the lever side out then?) If you have a new QR, you could try putting that through until it touched the CK one, and then giving it a few brief whacks with a hammer, keeping it nice and straight as you don't want to bend your new QR, if you can find something smaller in length the chances of it bending are reduced and you'l be able to hit it harder without worrying so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Beck Posted August 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2007 I'd imagine it's just a hollow axel like any other standard quick release.So you've snapped the axel in the middle and now have one side left inside the hub? the side which is in is the side with the preload nut on it?(you should have the lever side out then?) If you have a new QR, you could try putting that through until it touched the CK one, and then giving it a few brief whacks with a hammer, keeping it nice and straight as you don't want to bend your new QR, if you can find something smaller in length the chances of it bending are reduced and you'l be able to hit it harder without worrying so much. The actual axle of the hub itself has snapped. I shall take some pictures today so people can see what i mean.Lewis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Beck Posted August 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2007 (edited) Pictures of the axle. As you can see the axle has snapped so it cannot be removed with two allen keys.LewisEDIT: The axle has only snapped on the end, not on the actual axle inside the hub. Edited August 17, 2007 by lewis69 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeymoped Posted August 17, 2007 Report Share Posted August 17, 2007 :wizard: :wizard: :wizard: :wizard: have you e-mailed chris king themselves, all bike companies i've e-mailed in the past have always e-mailed me back with answers to queries (they will do this even quicker when their product is broken so as not to damaged their reputation) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Beck Posted August 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2007 :wizard: :wizard: :wizard: :wizard: have you e-mailed chris king themselves, all bike companies i've e-mailed in the past have always e-mailed me back with answers to queries (they will do this even quicker when their product is broken so as not to damaged their reputation) Yeah thanks, I will do that. But while im waiting for a reply, are there any other suggestions for removing this axle without too much damage? Lewis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Beck Posted August 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2007 For those of you who may come across the same problem, I have finally removed the preload nut and Quick release end. However, it did take an angle grinder. Firstly I cut off the quick release end to leave the preload nut and a small bit of the quick release end. Then I used a screw-driver to lever the rest of the quick release end out. Then the preload nut was easy enough to screw out with my fingers while I had a pair of mole-grips holding the snapped end. Then the old axle was removed. Job done, cheers for the help anyway. Lewis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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