An extension. It's just a bar with a 3/8" square that you use when you can't reach a bolt.
Pic of those vice grips up there sends chills down me spine. . . :thumbdown:
An extension. It's just a bar with a 3/8" square that you use when you can't reach a bolt.
Maybe it was mentioned already and I missed it, but the best free-ish tool I've seen for the front axle is a reversed 5/8 Spark Plug socket. You just have to stick an extension in from the "wrong" side and there you have it... a 19mm hex tool.
What the guys have already told you plus......DO NOT squeeze the front brake lever while the discs are out of the calipers!!!!!!! (Idiot-proof it somehow in case someone else walks up while you are working on it!!!!!!!) Good luck!
I got a front stand and I've used it with the center stand, works just fine. No need for a rear stand if you have a center stand.Has anyone tried using the new Pitbull front stand, that lifts from the steering stem, when removing the front wheel? I have heard you shouldn't use a front stand without the rear on a stand. Can the front stand be used with the center stand, or is the rear stand required to use the front stand?
Maybe it was mentioned already and I missed it, but the best free-ish tool I've seen for the front axle is a reversed 5/8 Spark Plug socket. You just have to stick an extension in from the "wrong" side and there you have it... a 19mm hex tool.
I have been reading about this technique at many places but I am unable to get the extension rod to lock on to the square groove on the other side (right side to lock on to the socket). There is a round hole through which the extension does not go through; am I missing something? BTW, I have removed the rubber plug grip that helps to hold on plugs and still I am unable to lock on the extension rod.
Guys I'm stuck. Just can't get the front wheel axle off. Got the calipers off, undid the pinch bolt, and trying to undo the axle with the bolt and nuts method .
It just won't give. Is this reverse thread or something???
19mm spindle key, wheel off in one minute. Don't do what I did trying to improvise tools (19mm bolt and nuts) and loose half a day...
removed calipers as well?
I have been reading about this technique at many places but I am unable to get the extension rod to lock on to the square groove on the other side (right side to lock on to the socket). There is a round hole through which the extension does not go through; am I missing something? BTW, I have removed the rubber plug grip that helps to hold on plugs and still I am unable to lock on the extension rod.
Spark plug sockets are cheap. Cut the end off and walla! Instant axle tool: