chain adjustment suzuki GSF 650

Hello

I am wanting to adjust my chain on a 2006 GSF650. The manual says
remove cotter pin,and then loosen bolt before adjusting tension.

My axle does not have what I thought a cotter pin is, and I am bit
stumped.

is there a chance it has something else that is stoppig me from
lossening the axel bolt.


Thanks in advance

 

Comprehension?

 

The phrase "cotter pin" refers to the Split pin in the axle nut. I
suspect you, like me, identify a cotter pin as something that holds a
pedal crank on a bicycle.

Odd though, my 1200 Bandit had nyloc type nuts.

HTH

 

I think a 3' breaker bar would probably help him more.

 

Either there's a broken off bit of split pin [cotter pin] going through the
castellated nut and the axle, or you are lacking the strength necessary to
move the nut.

I are a large chap, not at all lacking when it comes to wielding a socket
wrench, but undoing the rear axle nut on the Viagra nearly made me shit my
liver out.

 

Thanks for the pointer about the nyloc type nuts Speedgazebo. Is that
basicaly a normal looking nut, with something against the thread.
looks like i could knock it out with a terminal driver or soemthing.
Very hard to describe it.

Could you describe it, and tell me how you would remove it

 

Acording to my manual the cotter pin is fitted to Canadian models only,
you are just lacking oomph, get an extention bar for your socket, when
I first adjusted the chain on mine I spent ages checking for a left handed
thread,
but no, it's just fucking tight.

 

Thanks for the candian advice (I got the manual off the web).I wil try
and get an extension bar and give it a go

 

In communiqué

A nyloc nut has a ring of nylon visible between the nut and the thread
of the wheel spindle. If you have a hole in the side of the nut with
something in it, then Mungo may have the right of it. Though you would
normally expect to see at least the head of the split pin remaining.

A wheel spindle and nut that have been taken roughly with a split pin
while not lined up correctly, then left to corrode nicely can be
challenging to separate.


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