Triumphrat

hinkleyboy · 02-06-2006, 08:31 PM

ello what size socket/hex key do i need to undo the front spindle with ?
cheers
russ

TRYUMF_S4 · 02-07-2006, 10:19 AM

Hey Russ, I have an 03 speed four and just pulled my wheels off for the first time to get new rubber mounted. The spindle on my bke was a 17mm hex. Instead of going to the triumph dealer to pay a small fortune for the tool I called around to some local auto parts stores and found a 0.5 inch drive socket with a 17 mm hex on it for twenty dollars made by SK tools. Worked great! By the way just put the Continential road attacks on and they seem great so far although I havent had a chance to push them yet... Hope this helps

sprintrsdawg · 02-08-2006, 09:19 AM

I ran the Road Attacks last year and was very happy with them. They are sticky and wear reasonably well. They have a deep center tread, which helps with highway longevity. I rode from PA to CO and back last summer at a quite good pace and things went pretty well. My only "complaint" is that the front wore quickly from being pushed in the fast, twisty stuff and showed some signs of cupping. The rear is a bit squared from the highway pounding I gave them on the way back, but there is still plenty of tread.

btw--I think the rear tire is a bit taller than some. My steering really quickened. I had pulled up my forks about 10mm, and I'm going to return them to the stock position because I am getting some wobble out of my front in high speed corners.

Kurt

keithu · 02-08-2006, 05:04 PM

I got a 17mm hex head socket at a local car parts store for $3. Apparently this same tool is needed for the transmission drain plug on old air cooled Volkswagens. Go to the car parts store and ask for the "VW drain plug tool."

hinkleyboy · 02-08-2006, 05:21 PM

got one today for £3 taking the wheels out tomorrow

yikes!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Will · 02-08-2006, 06:04 PM

Don't worry. It is a straight forward process. Just make sure you keep everything clean, grease all the moving parts when you put it back together, and put some locktite on the pinch bolts and caliper mounting bolts. Use the blue kind of locktite. You have to take a torch to the red kind to get it back apart. I suppose you don't have to use locktite, but I always do, just for that extra bit of certainty on things that you really, truly don't want to have fall off.

Will · 02-08-2006, 06:12 PM

Oh, one other thing. Make sure you get the speedo drive lined up very carefully with the tabs inside the wheel hub and the ridge on the fork leg. If you don't get that lined up right, your speedo won't work and you will likely damage the speedo pickup. It isn't as tough as it sounds. You just have to be aware of it and pay attention to what you are doing.

hinkleyboy · 02-08-2006, 06:51 PM

mucho appreciato will!!!!!!!!!!!!

hinkleyboy · 02-09-2006, 01:07 PM

woo hoo took the wheels out today the front was dead easy took 5 minutes the rear was a little more difficult cos of the hugger
getting them on was a little trickier the rear was easy enough but could have done with a third hand
and the front was dead fiddley ,although it did help after i moved the the front paddock stand a little, ahem

and the speedo still works!!!!!!!!!!!!

anyway thanks for the advice oh and will cheers for the info about the speedo drive probabbly would have knackered it if it weren't for you
cheers
russ

Will · 02-09-2006, 04:51 PM

You can actually get the rear wheel back on solo, but you use your foot as a ramp and a stopper. It sounds wierd, and it is a pain, but it works.