Re: [ST] Front Wheel Removal

[Bil Swartz <bil@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 16 Nov 2003, Keith Winter wrote:

> It is indeed a 19mm hex key that is required to remove the
> axel.  I purchased one from somewhere but don't remember now
> where that was.  You can fake it with a 3/4" or 19mm bolt
> with two 3/4" or 19mm nuts threaded on and locked together.
> Then you can use a 3/4" or 19mm wrench to turn the axel. (I
> hope that description was at least partially clear...).

This is what I did when a friend with an '01 ST needed an assist.  Went to
the hardware store and put two nuts on each end of a bolt.  Took it to the
shop at work where they drilled thru the nuts into the bolt to put set
pins in to keep the nuts from moving.   Problem was no matter how I
fidgeted, by the time you got two bolts to lock up to each other they were
slightly askew.  The pins solved that problem.  This homebrew "tool" fits
into a 19mm socket ofcourse for use.

FWIW, 


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