Can't get sliding side of primary apart.

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Folger

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• Feb 11, 2013

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I've got an '09 Summit X that I'm wanting to get my set screws installed in my rollers to ride around home, but I can't get the spider to slide off. Usually I have to beat on it a little to get it to come apart, but I've had no luck getting it apart tonight. Any ideas or experiences welcome. Thanks.

 

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• Feb 11, 2013

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Get a little portable propane torch like at Wal Mart. Heat it up a little, put a gloved hand on the center above a workbench and with the bolt screwed in give it a good whack square on the center of that bolt with a 2lb steel mallet. I tried a dead blow but that absorbs too much and won't separate it. I just had to do that this weekend to clean and install new rollers.

Rinse and repeat. It should come apart

 

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• Feb 11, 2013

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Folger said:

I've got an '09 Summit X that I'm wanting to get my set screws installed in my rollers to ride around home, but I can't get the spider to slide off. Usually I have to beat on it a little to get it to come apart, but I've had no luck getting it apart tonight. Any ideas or experiences welcome. Thanks.

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are you trying to split the halves? just thread your puller or clutch bolt into the fixed half 4 or 5 turns, and bang the bolt onto a cement floor or steel bench. hold onto the sliding half as you do it and it will pop apart.

 

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• Feb 11, 2013

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Thanks for the help, guys. The bang the bolt on the floor trick worked like a charm. Feel kinda dumb for not thinking of it myself, but hey, we all have our moments. Take 'er easy.