Dan Glibitz
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As y'all know from previous posts on the forum, there is no tool for removing your front wheel supplied with the new GS's and there are several ways to cobble together such a tool.
With far too much time on my hands (And a man with a Lathe who owed me a favour), here's a couple of ideas and a recipie of how it's done.
INGREDIENTS
1 x 22mm nut with a 12mm thread (One I used was from Mr Ebay but I'm reliably informed that all they are is "Jointing Nuts" for 12mm threaded bar and cost pence)
1 x Either 12mm fully threaded bolt (19mm head) OR 1 x 12mm part threaded bolt (Dunno the tech. name but it's not threaded at the head end section)
1 x Welder
1 x Lathe
1 x Friendly Engineer
1 x Spare Hour
METHOD (Tool #1)
Take your basic 22mm Hex Nut, put it in the lathe and mill down the flats, to fit a 17mm Spanner. Take the 12mm Part threaded bolt and insert it into the 22mm Hex Nut and tighten it in real hard. (This re-inforces the now thinner metal at the 17mm end - so you can swing on your spanners). Cut off the bolt head and any thread or otherwise sticking out and weld it in to the Hex Nut.
METHOD (Tool #2)
Take your basic 22mm Hex Nut and your fully threaded bolt. Tighten the bolt into the Hex Nut and weld in place from the opposite end to the bolt head. Put this item in the Lathe and mill down the flats of the 19mm bold head, to fit a 17mm spanner.
RESULTS
Both methods will result in a 22mm Hex Tool, with a 17mm head that will fit the ONLY spanner that comes with your bike, thus enabling front wheel removal without carrying a special sized apanner.
CONCLUSION
I pay far too much attention to details and should just weld a 22mm nut to a 17mm nut like many before me but hey, just look at my tool
With far too much time on my hands (And a man with a Lathe who owed me a favour), here's a couple of ideas and a recipie of how it's done.
INGREDIENTS
1 x 22mm nut with a 12mm thread (One I used was from Mr Ebay but I'm reliably informed that all they are is "Jointing Nuts" for 12mm threaded bar and cost pence)
1 x Either 12mm fully threaded bolt (19mm head) OR 1 x 12mm part threaded bolt (Dunno the tech. name but it's not threaded at the head end section)
1 x Welder
1 x Lathe
1 x Friendly Engineer
1 x Spare Hour
METHOD (Tool #1)
Take your basic 22mm Hex Nut, put it in the lathe and mill down the flats, to fit a 17mm Spanner. Take the 12mm Part threaded bolt and insert it into the 22mm Hex Nut and tighten it in real hard. (This re-inforces the now thinner metal at the 17mm end - so you can swing on your spanners). Cut off the bolt head and any thread or otherwise sticking out and weld it in to the Hex Nut.
METHOD (Tool #2)
Take your basic 22mm Hex Nut and your fully threaded bolt. Tighten the bolt into the Hex Nut and weld in place from the opposite end to the bolt head. Put this item in the Lathe and mill down the flats of the 19mm bold head, to fit a 17mm spanner.
RESULTS
Both methods will result in a 22mm Hex Tool, with a 17mm head that will fit the ONLY spanner that comes with your bike, thus enabling front wheel removal without carrying a special sized apanner.
CONCLUSION
I pay far too much attention to details and should just weld a 22mm nut to a 17mm nut like many before me but hey, just look at my tool
