my maxle is stuck!

title says it all really, got my new rs sektor 20mm maxle in the post today and obviously the first thing i do (after admiring it) is try and stick the wheel in. the wheels slotted in fine, but the maxle was pretty stiff; it went in eventually. so i start screwing the axle into the fork…its going to stop any minute…its not stopping 😕

after a bit off faffing round with a torch i realised that the axle wasnt engaging in the fork threads yet. it was at this point i didnt want to damage anything so i was going to take it out and get the LBS to work it. this is where the problems are, i cant get it out to save my life. the maxle’s definitely not caught in the thread as i can spread the legs a few mil and see a gap between the threads on the forks and on the maxle, but no amount of pulling on the maxle has budged it.

any ideas before i take it round to the bike shop, apologising for not buying one off them?

So it’s stuck in the hub? They can be a tight fit on the bearings, I have to waggle mine around a bit to get it out (ooo-er!)

always use plenty of lube before you stick it in 😆

oh god innuendo time

ye it seems to be stuck in the hub, but i cant wiggle mine around

Have you accidentally wound up the nut on the end as you were screwing? Get your fingers in and loosen it off a bit. Fnar fnar

I think you might have to drift it out. A bit of wooden dowel for a drift is gentler than a screwdriver

I do wonder if the nut was too tight to start with?

mine doesnt have a nut on the end. it screws into a thread in the fork.

ah yes, hadnt thought about using a piece of dowel, but should it be this stiff in the first place, cant see it being much use if i get a flat on the trail.

Float – the non lever end is a nut that unscrews. When you flip the lever it pulls on the nut which pushes a wedge that expands the ends of the maxle

Yes it screws into a thread in the fork but it also has a nut on the end. You have to loosen this, screw the Maxle in, then tighten the nut before pinging the lever over. Unless it’s a new type of Maxle.

RTFM

Edit – TJ was too fast for me. But still RTFM

mine’s hollow. its got an adjuster on the lever end, but having just slackened that off its still not moving.

here’s a picture

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the bit you can see at the bottom of the tube is the other end of the axle

ok managed to get it out, thanks TJ. greased it up and tried to get it in again, still didnt want to go all the way. ill take it to the bike shop tomoro and see what they say.

Just looked at the manual. TJ and I are obviously used to the old Maxle – looks like the Maxle Lite adjusts with a hex key in the lever end. Reckon yours is set too tight to go in. The manual is at http://www.sram.com/_media/techdocs/95-4015-023-000%20Suspension%20Fork%20-%20Rev%20C.pdf. Read page 6/7 and you’ll have it sorted

Pretty sure the hex key type have operating instructions etched into the axle too.

yes, the maxle lite is hollow, it doesn’t have the end adjuster cap that previous maxle’s had. Its a small 2mm allen grub screw under the lever. Mine is also a bit tighter on new Sektors than I have had before on Pikes/Revs/Lyriks etc…