Triumphrat

07-27-2006

Newbie question. Bent front wheel hitting pothole. Found place to get wheel fixed. But not 100% sure how to go about removing front wheel. Also, where can you get the large hex wrenches to remove front axle?

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks

sweatmachine · 07-27-2006

I bought a motorcycle jack from Sears, less than 100 bucks works great.

You should buy a metric set of sockets if you don't already have one. A decent set will have all you need to pull that axle.

Good luck with the wheel.

RoundSlide · 07-27-2006

You probably won't find a 19mm hex head socket bit to fit into the axle (LH side of bike), I lucked out and found a metric bolt that had a hex head that fit into the axle, so looked further, and found two nuts to thread onto the bolt to lock together to make an impromptu bit.

bennybmn · 07-27-2006

I did what roundslide did. Just went to Lowes, found a few bolts, they had a little ruler right there to see how long bolts are, found one that was 19mm across on the hex, and then two nuts to thread on, one of which was a flange nut so my socket doesn't try to get onto both nuts. Works great and I can use my torque wrench on it! On the right side, I got a 12mm allen key from sears and I use the handle for my jack as a pry-bar and loosen it with that.

ssjones · 07-29-2006

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On 2006-07-27 13:25, RoundSlide wrote:
You probably won't find a 19mm hex head socket bit to fit into the axle (LH side of bike), I lucked out and found a metric bolt that had a hex head that fit into the axle, so looked further, and found two nuts to thread onto the bolt to lock together to make an impromptu bit.

Sparkplug socket backwards will also work.