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@calum That was my last resort, sadly mine had blue thread lock on them as I was actually able to get one of them out. I tried several methods but decided to give the impact driver a go and sadly snapped the bolt lug off the hub. The hubs are obviously made from aluminium to save weight.
I was actually referring too all the other bolts holding on fairings, exhausts pipes, radiators etc and not the disc bolts, just in case anyone mis-read my post? All those bolts would be fine with a drop of copper slip on them for-sure.
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Just aout all hubs are aluminium, no surprice there.
Next time add heat, if that doesnt do it, drill the head of.
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I did use heat from a blow torch but they still would not budge. I suspect that @Calum is right and the bolts are melded to the hub. Aprilia hubs have lugs like petals sticking out for the bolts to screw into, so there's not a great deal of support their. Sadly the hub is now worthless and will need replacing for-sure. You win some and you lose some, that's just life really.
SEDUCED BY THE DARK SIDE!!!
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I did use heat from a blow torch but they still would not budge. I suspect that @Calum is right and the bolts are melded to the hub. Aprilia hubs have lugs like petals sticking out for the bolts to screw into, so there's not a great deal of support their. Sadly the hub is now worthless and will need replacing for-sure. You win some and you lose some, that's just life really.
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@declan I'm just waiting for the Squirrels to finish eating their peanuts, then I'll head out to the garage OK.
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Aww how annoying!
Well you might be able to just get a new hub, saves the costs of buying rims.
I don't imagine those wheels being too cheap. What's a replacement?
@calum A complete new rear wheel is £944, a new hub is £364 so not cheap at all. :pouting_face:
Used wheels do not come up very often and are snapped up quickly. I have purchased 2 spare sets of wheels over the past year and was planning to keep the 2 best sets and sell the other. Sadly I now only have 5 usable wheels. I will take the original wheels off and hopefully fingers crossed be able to get the rear disc off, so that I have 2 usable sets again. The front disc is bolted on with hex bolts, just the same as the RS, as the discs are the exact same for both bikes.
It's such a shame as it was a good wheel, new bearings and she was good_to_go. The rim and spokes are still usable, so I'll just have to wait until another rear wheel comes up for sale and build a complete wheel out of all the best parts I have.
SEDUCED BY THE DARK SIDE!!!
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@calum A complete new rear wheel is £944, a new hub is £364 so not cheap at all. :pouting_face:
Used wheels do not come up very often and are snapped up quickly. I have purchased 2 spare sets of wheels over the past year and was planning to keep the 2 best sets and sell the other. Sadly I now only have 5 usable wheels. I will take the original wheels off and hopefully fingers crossed be able to get the rear disc off, so that I have 2 usable sets again. The front disc is bolted on with hex bolts, just the same as the RS, as the discs are the exact same for both bikes.
It's such a shame as it was a good wheel, new bearings and she was good_to_go. The rim and spokes are still usable, so I'll just have to wait until another rear wheel comes up for sale and build a complete wheel out of all the best parts I have.
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@calum Yeah the hubs scrap metal now sadly - and a new Talon hub would probably be cheaper???
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@calum The RX 125 run the same hubs and I've just found a dude in Germany selling an RX rear wheel. The hub looks good, the spokes and rim are a bit rusty, he wants £149 for it so it's a possibility. He also has terrible feedback, so we'll see, I have other priorities ATM and need to progress this build, so a spare set of wheels is low priority just now.
SEDUCED BY THE DARK SIDE!!!
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@calum The RX 125 run the same hubs and I've just found a dude in Germany selling an RX rear wheel. The hub looks good, the spokes and rim are a bit rusty, he wants £149 for it so it's a possibility. He also has terrible feedback, so we'll see, I have other priorities ATM and need to progress this build, so a spare set of wheels is low priority just now.
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