HELP: removing zx9 font wheel

Wardy · Post by **Wardy** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 5:01 pm

I know how to get it off but where can I get a 22mm inhex socket 1/2" drive.

I found this on ebay
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/KAWASAKI-ZX-ZRX- ... dZViewItem

and this
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/kawasaki-zx6r-zx7 ... dZViewItem

Was hoping to get something from Australia. Any help would be appreciated.

Russ

matchan · Post by **matchan** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 5:17 pm

I think you'll find one of the tools in the oem kit fits either end of the axle, it may be the plug spanner.

one end will fit the 22mm side the other will fit the smaller 17/18?mm side.

where are you?

Poyda · Post by **Poyda** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 5:24 pm

You may surprised at how loose it is. When i had to get mine off i didnt have the proper tool, so found something that fitted. It turned out to be the flat head of some dodgey old hammer i had in the tool box. It want very tight at all and did no damage to the nut. Whe3n i refitted if i tithgten it up toomuch it over loaded the bearing.

So have a look around the garage, you might just find something.

Otherwise try a tool shop, not bunnings, a propper tool shop and tell them what you want. They'll probably have smaller sizes in stock

Wardy · Post by **Wardy** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 6:20 pm

matchan wrote:I think you'll find one of the tools in the oem kit fits either end of the axle, it may be the plug spanner.

one end will fit the 22mm side the other will fit the smaller 17/18?mm side.

where are you?

Thanks, never even thought to look there. Now I've just got to find it. Don't think I've even opened it since the first day I bought the bike.

Wardy · Post by **Wardy** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 6:23 pm

Poyda wrote:You may surprised at how loose it is. When i had to get mine off i didnt have the proper tool, so found something that fitted. It turned out to be the flat head of some dodgey old hammer i had in the tool box. It want very tight at all and did no damage to the nut. Whe3n i refitted if i tithgten it up toomuch it over loaded the bearing.

So have a look around the garage, you might just find something.

Otherwise try a tool shop, not bunnings, a propper tool shop and tell them what you want. They'll probably have smaller sizes in stock

Checked a heap of shops, totaltools, snap on, repco, coventry, glenfords, and a few more, but no luck with a 1/2" drive, can get it in 3/4 but then need and adaptor which ends up being about $90. Will spend a couple more days on it and then if no luck will order from the UK.

Wardy · Post by **Wardy** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 6:53 pm

zzzak wrote:I picked up a 22mm/ 1/2" socket from Mitre 10.

Probably the only shop I hadn't checked.

swabio-ACT · Post by **swabio-ACT** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 11:20 pm

I was going to suggest an oxy torch......

Good luck getting it off Russ!

Neka79 · Post by **Neka79** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 11:47 pm

theres heaps of them on ebay...find a bit of 22mm hex pipe and cut it..lol

zedex · Post by **zedex** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 8:14 am

leave the 2 small hex bolts on that side done up and only use the 17mm on the other

Poyda · Post by **Poyda** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 11:15 am

zedex wrote:leave the 2 small hex bolts on that side done up and only use the 17mm on the other

Thats sounds almost logical and easy, there'll be none of that around here ok

Good idea mate

Gosling1 · Post by **Gosling1** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 6:43 pm

zedex wrote:leave the 2 small hex bolts on that side done up and only use the 17mm on the other

thats *exactly* how you do it. 22mm inhex sockets are in the same drawer as the hens teeth and the rocking horse shit....

On the 12, first time I did a wheel change, I had to weld a 17mm bolt through a piece of 1" waterpipe that was almost a metre long

For some reason the front axle nut on the 12's gets really tight...

Loz · Post by **Loz** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 9:58 pm

I paid $3.50 for an allen key in this size.... Then came home and found there was one in the OEM toolkit.

Neka79 · Post by **Neka79** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 12:41 am

Loz wrote:I paid $3.50 for an allen key in this size.... Then came home and found there was one in the OEM toolkit.

hahah u blew $3.50??

i bought a hose fitting at bunnings from the $3 box (mine was stuffed)..then got home & saw the receipt and id been charged $14..then found the spare i had in the laundry..but im too lazy to take it back (and i openned it)...lol

Loz · Post by **Loz** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 8:56 am

Well, $3.50, an hour on the phone looking for one of the bastards, and a 45 minute drive each way to the only shop in town that had one.... Hell I didn't even know there was a Brooklyn in Melbourne...

Benno · Post by **Benno** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 9:31 am

Brooklyn = Where Race Replica is at!