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Remember that the front wheel is installed at the dealer, so they may be able to help.
Paw Paw
This will help on two fronts.the 6 point socket will have more to grip on & the action of hitting the nut will help shock it loose.
Hope this helps,should work out ok.
The Shop
Paw Paw
My guess is you tried to use some crappy box end wrench or something on it and just stripped it. That's because the torque spec on that nut is 94 foot pounds. Being a new bike, I guarantee it was at 94 foot pounds. That's no combo wrench job. Your 12" Harbor Freight combo wrench and your muscles don't not have that kind of leverage and wont do the trick. You will just strip it.
You need a breaker bar for that torque.
Plan A is try Vice Grips with some leverage bar (plastic PVC pipe slipped over the wrench would work) on it and a little heat on the nut (nut is toast anyways).
Plan B would be Nut Cracker.
Plan C would be a Dremel and cut the nut horizontal with the axel and when the cut gets down near the axel I bet you can spin it off with a punch and hammer.
Plan D would be take the walk of shame and confess to the dealer, ask for forgiveness and help.
For future reference, get a quality set of metric impact sockets and a nice long breaker bar for things like the axle nuts. A good old fashion breaker bar and lots of leverage even beats my pneumatic impact gun.
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If that fails youll have to cut the nut in half or cut through the axle itself and replace it.
When you go to reinstall it, blue loctite and the proper torque spec should be used. You dont need to use a breaker bar on it. Be sure to put new grease on the axle.
Yeah, no need to drive 3 hour for that. Good news is the nut is totally exposed and you have lots of options. That nut will be actually pretty easy to remove.
My first thought would be to use heat on it. Heat works wonders. Heat it up the nut ( couple seconds) with a propane torch and try to use Vice Grips with leverage. As mentioned, Vice Grips can potentially clamp down "too tight" on the nut, essentially squeezing the nut even tighter on the bolt and be counter productive. It's worth a try though.
If you have a Dremel and a punch you can cut a groove in it down to the axel (dont cut into the axel), put a little heat on the nut, put the punch in the groove and hit it with a hammer and try to spin the nut off. It kinda acts as a poor man's impact wrench. I have used that trick a couple times. Worst case you can just cut a groove in the nut down to the axel (lengthwise in line with the axel) and it will come off. You don't have to cut the flange part of the nut and risk cutting into your fork. Just cut into the main part of the nut. Ht it with a punch or tug on it with some Vice Grips. It will come off.
Pit Row
Paw Paw
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