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My mates bike has a seized Maxle
Has any one else had this problem? When unwinding the axle does not come out it just bends oene of the fork legs.
Fiarly common I believe - unwind it until the thread is undone and the fork leg sprung a bit and then hit the non qr end to free it. The maxle will be stuck in the central spacer of the bearings.
Thanks guys, i did do a search for maxle seized or stukc but didn't get any results 🙂
Just clout it with a wooden mallet, mine left me stranded when it seized.
Had I known it would have felt the force of a large log, & not of the fecal kind either.
had to use the mallet trick on mine then a bit of copper grease stopped it happpening again.
wonky thread would be my guess
hope hubs and pikes? yep hit it with a mallet
Yep hope hub but Reba maxle
once you get it out, you will see the build up of gunk. take it easy.
Big rubber mallet, we had the same problem on Abigales
Tracey