Relief or what was how I felt seeing that ratchet spanner move so easily, and he is a strapping bloke to boot. Was expecting the whole caboodle to tip over, not knowing how tight the nut was, but very little force was needed to have the nut undo. Went back to see how Dad was doing, and he just said clamp the pulley using a set of grip pliers!īooger is all I said to that, got said implement, clamped on one side of the pulley, pliers resting on the guard and he heaved,
She's 18months old, and getting into everything, so eyes in 360° mode when she's around. Grand-daughter and Dad paid me a visit late evening yesterday.Īs Dad is very practically minded, I pointed out my problem to him and let him mull it over while I tracked down the little darling who had disappeared. Whilst holding the treadle heeled back, use a well fitting spanner and give it a sharp clout with a metal hammer (or what have you)! to release the nut.
I used to heel back hard on the treadle, this has the action of forcing the pulley drive disc hard onto the brake. You will need to "shock" the nut loose initially. Hi Geoff, you are right, the plastic pin is a rather crude means of locking the nut to the threads. We some times tap (belt) the spanner with copper hammer. The nylon is just a plug to lock the nut.
You need to put clutch brake on by pushing on the "heel" of the tredle and at the same time squeezing the belt together. What you need to hold the pulley is a form of the old oil filter wrench, a bar with a rubber tail which wraps round and is secured back to the bar Something like this is sold these days as a "Boa Constrictor" for holding almost anything. If the pin is plastic it is most likely a form of nyloc locking.Ĭan you see if the nut is right or left hand thread? Geoff - Treatment has floored me today, so brain refuses to co-operate.Ĭould you get a vee belt of the correct cross section and wrap it fully round the pulley and sandwich the two "loose" ends over a flat bar - then pull the wrapped belt tight around the bar with a jubilee clip and use it as a wrench to hold the pulley - then use a spanner/socket on the nut - the nut may be a type of nyloc fitting I guess.
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