Front Wheel Removal

[perfectweb]

Ok, so to remove the front wheel I undo the pinch bolts on the left hand fork leg. Then unscrew the axle and withdraw to the left? How do I undo the axle, there is a hexagonal hole for which I assume a special tool is required (large Allen key?).

Apart from a Triumph dealer is there a workaround for this, like a standard tool that can be purchased or a bodge of some description?

Many thanks

Paul T

[ This message was edited by: perfectweb on 2005-06-13 17:33 ]

[SprintST]

It's not a special tool, well it's kinda special, it's a great big allen wrench. 17mm, or 19mm if I recall correctly. I'm at work so I don't have the tools infront of me. A quick 'bodge' I use to tighten it back down is, find a 1/2" bolt, put 2 large nuts on it back to back, with a lock washer between them.(or weld them in place, which would be better) Then place one end of the bodge in the allen and turn the rest with a regular socket to tighten, and a wrench on the inboard nut to loosen(this way your don't undo the nut instead of the axle). I got lucky and found a large enough allen wrench at True Value, I use it to knock the axle loose. None of the McParts places I went, or Sears, had a big enough allen wrench on hand to buy right then.

[ This message was edited by: SprintST on 2005-06-13 23:33 ]

[Kngelv]

An easy way is to use a 5/8 spark plug socket. Flip it around and put an extension on a ratchet and put it in the socket backwards. The bottom of the socket is a perfect fit. I read that somewhere on the board a few months ago. It worked perfectly when I changed out tires last month.

James

[fatboy686]

Just done mine using the standard toolkit that came with the bike. Just use the plug wrench inside the hexaganol hole, and the large allen key that's also in the kit in the other end of the plug wrench to provide leverage. Works a treat!

Make sure that you don't over tighten the pinch bolts when you replace them, or you could distort the fork tube.

Nigel.

[BigE]

It's a 19mm hex, got one at ACE hardware for something like $9. I've also used the socket flipped and nuts on bolt methods but there's nothing like the right tool for the job :wink:

I guess i have a set of 99 forks on my 2000, I have to use a 22mm socket on my axle and all i have ever read is about the 19mm hex for the 2000. But then the build date for mine is July of 99.

[perfectweb]

Great stuff guys

First port of call, large Allen Key, if unavailable then I'll try the spark plug trick. How difficult can it be.....................?!!

[SprintST]

On 2005-06-13 23:24, SprintST wrote:
It's not a special tool, well it's kinda special, it's a great big allen wrench. 17mm, or 19mm if I recall correctly. I'm at work so I don't have the tools infront of me. A quick 'bodge' I use to tighten it back down is, find a 1/2" bolt, put 2 large nuts on it back to back, with a lock washer between them.(or weld them in place, which would be better) Then place one end of the bodge in the allen and turn the rest with a regular socket to tighten, and a wrench on the inboard nut to loosen(this way your don't undo the nut instead of the axle). I got lucky and found a large enough allen wrench at True Value, I use it to knock the axle loose. None of the McParts places I went, or Sears, had a big enough allen wrench on hand to buy right then.

I'm sorry, I have to correct myself here. I just checked and it's a 3/4 inch bolt. Sorry.