Disc Brake Hub Lock Ring

It needs to be better documented that there is an error in the work shop manual in section H7 where it states that the lock ring is left hand thread. I found one mention of it in the forum a couple of years back. Apparently not all manuals are in error, just the ones available in the tech section and the one on my work bench!

I heated, beated, double-checked, and repeated. The lock ring is worse for the wear. I finally started wondering why it would be left hand thread and be on the left side of the bike and then referred to my Haynes manual. It took more heating, beating and repeating to get it loose in the proper direction, afterall, I had successfully tightened it to maximum torque! Jeepers. Amazingly when I did the bearings on my 750, I didn't have a workshop manual and avoided the affair. Some days you gotta trust the manual, then other days you gotta trust yourself. In nothing else trust in the forum.

I needed a bit of venting. But if nothing else we now have two threads that mention this.

Russ

Sweet!! Sorry for your troubles Russ, but thanks for the Post and the heads up. This is why I love the forum. Cj

Ugh, there's other errors lurking in the factory manual. There may be two other LH-reverse thread fasteners in a Cdo, but right now only remember one of em. The factory tool is double ended so works for these hub rings and brake caliper cap.