Front Sprocket Bolt!

[Walenut]

Just changing my chain & sprockets is it a normal right hand thread or a left hand thread on the front sprocket?

[Walenut]

Ah just found it. Anticlockwise, really don't want to snap that one off.

[benny hedges]

as a rule the sprocket nut will tighten in the opposite direction of rotation so it doesnt come loose while riding.
this is why they're very often near impossible to shift with hand tools!

[benny hedges]

you could ride it to a hvg tyre place, whip the casing off and ask them to spin it off with a big windy gun.
much better option than standing on a bar or bashing it off

[Walenut]

Its off with the aid of my big breaker bar.

[bigrich]

i just sat on the bike with a rachet and pulled the fecker ! worked for me!

[tony.mon]

You can jam the teeth on the sprocket against the swing arm casting with a combination spanner, about 13mm I think.
That stops it turning and you can then undo it with a 1/2" socket.

God, I'm a bodger, some days.......