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ATLjan YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 33	Axle Nuts Size? 10/06/10 at 19:56:33 I plan to remove my wheels and take them into a shop to have new tires mounted. Can someone please tell me the size of the axle nuts so I can purchase the right wrench? I'm happy to listen to any suggestions to make my first attempt as painless as possible. Thanks for the help.
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 29300 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Axle Nuts Size? Reply #1 - 10/06/10 at 20:34:56 17mm / 24mm ... Lean your chest weight on the seat to support the bike and crank, with one wrenching arm hanging over each side... Make loud grunty noises... ...
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Phelonius Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1897	Re: Axle Nuts Size? Reply #2 - 10/06/10 at 21:43:40 Change the tires yourself it saves money and improves colloquial vocabulary. Phelonius
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Reply #3 - 10/07/10 at 05:22:43

Thank you so much for the information.

I actually thought about changing the tires myself. I've changed plenty of bicycle tires and a wheel barrow tire just this spring, but a friend with much more motorcycle experience said that I should take them to a shop.

How do you balance yours after you change them?

I should maybe admit that the part of my vocabulary to which I think you refer is coming along nicely!

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Oldfeller--FSO Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline Hobby is now "concentrated neuropany" Posts: 12686 Fayetteville, NC Gender:	Re: Axle Nuts Size? Reply #4 - 10/07/10 at 08:52:29 I have a metal rod that I suspend between two kitchen chairs so that the wheel assembly freely rotates on its bearings. The rod does not have to be a precise fit, a smaller rod will still work as the bearing inner race can roll on the rod and the bearing can roll on its ball bearings, all free and easy motions.
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babyhog Serious Thumper Offline On two wheels... again Posts: 3805 WV Gender:	Re: Axle Nuts Size? Reply #5 - 10/07/10 at 09:09:20 Take the whole bike to the shop and let them do it. Oh, I guess that's pain to the wallet, so you'll have to pick your pain....
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EJID Serious Thumper Offline Work to ride and ride to work. Posts: 1536 Pocatello, ID Gender:	Re: Axle Nuts Size? Reply #6 - 10/07/10 at 09:41:35 Personally I didn't think taking either of the tires off was all that difficult, but I will leave the mounting/balancing to a shop that has the right equipment and know how. Do double check after they give you the tires back that they are mounted in the correct direction though.
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 29300 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Axle Nuts Size? Reply #7 - 10/07/10 at 10:00:37 Oh yeah,... and tell the shop you want a 90' valve stem on the rear, facing to the brake side... you'll thank me later... ...
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Reply #8 - 10/07/10 at 11:03:19

I was gonna change mine...thought better of it. I'm glad I took them to the shop. I did remove them myself...my technique was to put the bike in first gear, sat behind the bike, put one wrench on the righthand side and put my foot on it, took the 24mm wrench (big one from autozone) and grabbed it with both hands and jerked HARD a couple times...finally broke free, thought I'd kill myself.
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ATLjan YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 33	Re: Axle Nuts Size? Reply #9 - 10/07/10 at 13:50:44 Thanks everybody; I really appreciate all the good advice.
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