Cross-threaded axle nut
Hey guys! Check out this axle nut and axle that I've somehow managed to cross-thread. What at first seemed like a quick routine chain tightening was accompanied by three crucial mistakes due to my exhaustion/jet lag that led to this.
I was un-tightening and tightening the axle nut many times during the chain adjustment in order to reach perfect chain tightness, this probably led to heat weakening the threads.
I managed to start messing around with the adjusters before undoing the axle nut, only afterwards realising my mistake.
The bike slipped and fell from the rear stand. I managed to catch it before it fully dropped, did not hit any plastics, no damaged mirrors, bar ends, did not touch the tank, although not sure which components were affected. It is possible that the rear axle was not fully tightened which caused it to slip and rip the threads/push the nut as well.
Overall, it's amazing how I've managed to fuck up so many times during such a routine 'oh I have a spare hour' job. Regardless, I have another axle and nut coming on Wednesday from Ebay, thankfully the components I messed up aren't too expensive.
My question is, do you think there's any way the swingarm managed to get bent from the bike tipping over, or from me trying to undo the seized nut (at some points I had to use such force that rocked the bike sideways on the rear stand, and adjusters were trying to come out, I had to keep tightening or loosening the adjusters just to maintain the axle in alignment.