Walking the bike tonight

So there I am riding home from work , nice evening the sun is setting and I take my exit, As I get to the end of the exit I proceed to merge into traffic and guess what............ no go.
I drift as far as I can once I am out of the road and look to see what happened. I find my chain dragging the ground and I figure easy fix, just put it back on. Then I notice the whole rear hub and sprocket are gone!!!!!!!!!!!!:frown:
I push it into a parking lot and inspect any damage, not really any. Now I am thinking how the hell did it come off??????????? Has anyone ever had this happen or heard of the bolt coming out??? I now think I have to find it, now it is dark:frown:
I walk down the road with little hope of finding it. By some miracle I look in the grass among all the bottles and trash that is typical on the side of the road and there it is:smile: I walk back up to the bike and decide that there is no way that I can ride it with the missing bolt..So I walk the bike all 500 lbs. 2 miles to my house and wonder how the hell did this happen............

 

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That really sucks, could have been worse.

 

I though about calling them but I figured by the time they got there I would be home..

 

WHAT bolt?? That big 46mm bastard??

Who had the hub apart for cushdrive replacement recently ??

The nut should be staked in place...if it's properly installed.

 

Wow! Pushing your bike two miles is pretty damn impressive!

 

Squirrelman, I purchased the bike last year and the previous owner wasnt much for details ..or some maintenance... any info would be greatly appreciated as I dont want this to happen again..

Ewryly I never want to do it again, I am glad I quit smoking....

I am amazed that I found the hub,,, I am glad it wasnt worse,,

 

I am polite to my gen 3 and say that she is fit and firm and 500 lbs also. But we all know the truth. That thing weighs in at about 2 tons if you are pushing it.
I am so glad that a little grief and a little excerise is all that you suffered. Parts flyin off can be dangerous and even deadly. Good job gettin home in one peice, and finding the missing peice to the bike as well.

 

Well I am sore today from my adventure last night.. my arms and shoulders feel like spaghetti...I am glad it wasnt the new vfr

Squirrelman the part that came off is the locknut that secures the hub and sprocket to the axle... I ordered a new locknut and washer etc..

I am still wondering how it came off,,,,,,you said something about being staked into place..I am wondering if it wasnt on there properly?

 

glad you're safe and sound. pushing your bike for 2 miles is an amazing feat!

 

It did take awhile but it is over, I think I might start a work out video on how to build up your upper body strength.

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I worry when I have to push my bike, that it will tip away from me. It doesn't take much before that gets out of hand.

I'm surprised that there were not symptoms before the thing failed catastrophically. I wonder if it was lose enough that it moved enough to shear off, or could you tell that now looking at it?

 

There were a couple of times last night that I thought I was going to drop it.. Scary---thoughts of replacing plastics ran thru my head...

I think the reason I am so puzzled is that there were no signs of anything going wrong.

If the bolt was coming off for awhile I would of had some chain skip on the sprocket..or I would of felt something when cornering..

I am at work today, when I get home I am going to take a real close look, hopefully I dont find any damage..

 

Well ordered the parts to get on the road again. total $50. not bad
The hub and sprocket would of been over 300. glad I found those parts

 

One more ---I read about staking the nut ---this may have lead to the failure--

 

Ditto! Impressive.

Glad it wasn't worse and your in one piece.

 

pushing these suck...I had to push mine about a quarter mile in full gear, up hill on the freeway...I-405 (in los angeles) in a. construction zone while traffic was stopped..thanks to the friendly nieghborhood CHiP officer. I actually ran/pushed it till I got to the off ramp...My hat is off to you !!!!!!!!!! (mine was a bit easier to fix...blown 30amp fuse)