Hello,

I received this Vitacci Pentora 250 yesterday in the mail. The family waited 5.5 months for this unit to ship and I did not see any noticeable shipping damage when I picked the pallet up. However, after I removed the carton, cage, and plastic covering the ATV I noticed this lovely issue.

Would you try to cut the starter threads and get the nut on? I was thinking about splitting a NUT in 2 then backing it out from the spindle. I really don't want to go through any crap with the seller or supplier etc. I did alert them though, incase I can get a part with it 12 month warranty, plus I don't want to void warranty by messing it up more or attempting to fix it. I don't know what to do.

Thanks for looking at my post.

 

Contact the supplier showing them the pictures, and see if they will send a new axle. If they will, you are OK. Also check if they want the old one back. If they don't want the old one or won't play ball, then the split nut and wind off method may work. A metric thread file could also help. Those damaged threads are not that important, as the castle nut holds further down, so you could file away most of the first six threads without loosing much strength. Honda axles are made like this.


Don't just cut the end off though, as the hole for the split pin is needed.

 

Try heating it up and then screw it up