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Hi, very basic question alert, but I can't find anything on the internet that helps?

I've obtained a pile of parts that make up a 2019 Trek Remedy 8 from a mate. I've taken the rear suspension apart and sorted all that out but I've come to the front and for the life of me I can't work out how to get the front wheel off!

There was a small plug in one side which unscrewed but it seemingly leaves an axle buried deep inside which I can't see how you remove? There looks to be some star shaped fitting deep inside but it doesn't fit any normal torx type bit and I don't want to wedge something in for fear of stripping it!

Can anyone help?

Cheers,
Tom
 
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Hi, yes, trying to remove the axle from the front fork so I can get the wheel off. It's a Rockshox Lyrik fork. Photos attached of the "plug" with the 8mm allen socket, which came out without much of a fight, but then I'm left with most of the axle still in there with what looks like a 15 or so pointed star type socket in it?
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TheMagpie said:
Hi, yes, trying to remove the axle from the front fork so I can get the wheel off. It's a Rockshox Lyrik fork. Photos attached of the "plug" with the 8mm allen socket, which came out without much of a fight, but then I'm left with most of the axle still in there with what looks like a 15 or so pointed star type socket in it?
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My suspicion is it's a quick release Maxle with the quick release lever missing?🤔

 
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TheMagpie said:
A T40 was a loose fit, it's got maybe twice the number of lobes of a normal torx fitting, but it's only alloy and felt like it was rounding it off with only light torque. Might have to resort to smacking something bigger in and hoping for the best?
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Or maybe an easy-out or driving it out from the other side using something that will seat in there? Tough getting purchase within a round hole though...

This is a tricky problem.
 
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Nat said:
Or maybe an easy-out or driving it out from the other side using something that will seat in there? Tough getting purchase within a round hole though...

This is a tricky problem.
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Yep, also thinking about drilling out the axle from the other side. If I can take a bit off it should make it come out easier and the heat generated should help it break free as well.

Been thinking about the star shaped fitting and I think it must have been for the quick release type bar inside the Maxle to allow you to tighten it by rotating the lever. When you push in the lever as shown in Reaperactual's vid above it would push the rod further in so presumably it disconnected from the star part to allow rotation without tightening.

No idea what's wrong with a bloney simple standard thru-axle!
 
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UPDATE: It's still not out.

I tried banging something into the star shape to get some purchase but that just stripped more of the alloy out when I tried to turn it.

So I set to with my dremel at the threaded end, cut some slots in the axle, then pryed the remaining flaps inwards to clear it away from the threads. I got the whole thread cleared so theoretically there was nothing holding the axle in anymore.

However, despite slipping a socket extension bar inside the fork and smacking it into the remains of the axle inside it has not budged a millimeter! I have not idea what is hold it in. I've left it soaking in some penetrating fluid before I get angry and take my angle grinder to the dropout.

Closely looking at the videos and images on the internet there is are no threads other than those at the end which are now in pieces on the floor so I just don't understand how it's so jammed up. Even if it was corroded I've hit it pretty hard and it just won't shift.
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UPDATE 2: It's OUT!

I went and got a bigger hammer and eventually got it moving. It was only corrosion holding it in, whoever put it in can't have used any grease at all!

Thanks for your help, wouldn't have got that done without knowing what the actual setup was like inside. I'm off to find a cheap standard axle now, none of this maxle nonsense!

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There is nothing wrong with QR Maxxle as long as it is installed correctly with some grease and there aren't missing parts from it - newer had any problems with it in years, QR came in handy more than few times when there was no tools nearby :)
 
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mtbfree said:
There is nothing wrong with QR Maxxle as long as it is installed correctly with some grease and there aren't missing parts from it - newer had any problems with it in years, QR came in handy more than few times when there was no tools nearby :)
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The grease part is certainly true, but some might argue that there is no need for parts that can go missing on something as simple as a thu-axle.
 
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