Rear sprocket carrier

[pj748r]

Went to put a OE 38th rear sprocket on my 748r the other day,got carrier off,no probs,but when i went to undo the cush drives,the torx bit was just going around,coz the cheesy metal they are made from rounded off:(,in fact,some of the torx wasn't even there as it had melted/corroded away.So has anyone got any ideas how to release the drives from the carrier so i can replace the sprocket?Realise i will probably need new cush drives as well so any ideas best place to get these from?

[nelly]

When you say Torx, are you talking about in the rear of the cush drives? All the ones I've seen have been a 12mm allen key?
If you need new ones, drop me a mail. £40 a set :cool:

[pj748r]

Yeah thats them,looked like a torx rather than an allen key,didn't matter coz either wouldn't fit anyway coz the metal's disapeared:mad:.Will let u know,how much to post?
cheers nelly

[neil748r]

Bad luck PJ - another victim of Ducati chocolate component syndrome!

All I can suggest is to very carefully cut/grind them off unless you can undo them by clamping the cush outer in a vice, might be worth a try?

Good luck mate,

Neil.

[pj748r]

Might take the carrier to work and try the vice,if that doesn't work i might get serious and use the Clan lucas hydraulic equipment(stuff we use for cutting people out of cars etc!!),if not i'll have to try and get a secondhand carrier:mad: