sckego
doesn't like crashing
A while ago a realized my countershaft nut was rattling around loosely, being held in place only by the lockwasher with the fold-down tabs that keep it from rotating. A bit on poking around revealed that the threads on the inner portion of the countershaft were stripped... that is, the splines that hold the sprocket and lockwasher are fine, and the threads at the outer end of the countershaft are fine (so the nut begins to thread on normally), but when the nut gets far enough down the shaft to contact the sprocket/washer, it won't reach torque--it just spins.
I'm not sure how long I was riding around like that, but the the lockwasher certainly did it's job: the nut couldn't slide off the shaft because the end was still threaded, and it couldn't spin off because the lockwasher prevented it from rotating.
I've finally gotten around to ordering and installing a new chain and sprocket set, so how do I secure the countershaft nut? I guess the simplest option would just be to bend down the lockwasher again and count on it to keep the nut on, but I'd prefer something a bit more robust. Clean off the shaft and stick the nut on there with red Loctite? Tack weld the nut to the shaft? Some other mechanical method of holding the nut in place? Hm, just thought of this--not sure if there are enough threads on there to get *another* nut on top of the existing one...
Open to other suggestions as well. Note that this is a 8-year old bike with 63k, so I'm not really open to the idea of splitting the cases to replace the countershaft...
I'm not sure how long I was riding around like that, but the the lockwasher certainly did it's job: the nut couldn't slide off the shaft because the end was still threaded, and it couldn't spin off because the lockwasher prevented it from rotating.
I've finally gotten around to ordering and installing a new chain and sprocket set, so how do I secure the countershaft nut? I guess the simplest option would just be to bend down the lockwasher again and count on it to keep the nut on, but I'd prefer something a bit more robust. Clean off the shaft and stick the nut on there with red Loctite? Tack weld the nut to the shaft? Some other mechanical method of holding the nut in place? Hm, just thought of this--not sure if there are enough threads on there to get *another* nut on top of the existing one...
Open to other suggestions as well. Note that this is a 8-year old bike with 63k, so I'm not really open to the idea of splitting the cases to replace the countershaft...