After unsuccessfully attempting to get the sprocket off with a pulley puller; I was sitting there looking at that big sprocket pondering what to do next. I noticed something in the grease and started to scrap away the grease and dirt with a screw driver. At first I thought they were lock-washers but then I discovered there was something more. I got a vice-grip and was able to remove two of them. . .some sort of tapered compression retainer?I only got two off and the other eight were not cooperative. Although they weren't threaded they had to be backed off of the stud like a nut
AND they were tight just like a nut. My dad had been going through some of my grandpa's tools and brought me a box of odds and ends. In the box was a vice-grip with curved jaws. . .Curved jaws make a huge difference on a round item like these tapered compression retainers. Six more came off quite easily. Of course, the last two were going to go down with a fight. The end of this chapter has a familiar line: heat, spray, try, walk away - heat, spray, try, walk away - repeat. . .More to come.
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