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I have the bike on the triple tree stand.  I loosened the 4 allan nuts... Why wont the axle come out??  Its not necessary to remove the calipers since the bike is plenty high enough in the air... Why wont this axle come out?? What am i doing wrong??

Thanks.

say you are sitting on the bike, what side does teh axle come out, the left or right...



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Usually, the axle comes out on the right side.

You have to leave the left side 'allens' tight to break the axle in its threads.

Once they are loose, you can then loosen the left side allens and hold the wheel and tire combo and slide it past your calipers.

Left is left. Right is right!
 
Only loosen the allan nuts on the right side and unscrew the axle. (settint on the bike)
 
(Cookie @ Mar. 03 2004 said:
Usually, the axle comes out on the right side.

You have to leave the left side 'allens' tight to break the axle in its threads.

Once they are loose, you can then loosen the left side allens and hold the wheel and tire combo and slide it past your calipers.

Left is left. Right is right!
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ok, i just figured the allan screws out on the left side... But, i cant break the axle free of the nut... It needs like a 1inch allan head or something.. what do you guys use to break the axle free??
 
Yeah, Suzuki "upgraded" to an inverted nut. There is a $1.50 tool around here that you can remidi at a local hardware store and not pay out for Suzuki's $45.00 special tool.

Let me see if I can find it, for ya!

BTW, I use long Allen's with rounded on one end for, after I break the allen, I can spin them off easily.

Also, you might want to have someone else hold the bike while you break the Allens. Suzuki uses a lock tight on those (and everything else you will try to break free!)
 
(Cookie @ Mar. 03 2004 said:
Yeah, Suzuki "upgraded" to an inverted nut. There is a $1.50 tool around here that you can remidi at a local hardware store and not pay out for Suzuki's $45.00 special tool.

Let me see if I can find it, for ya!

BTW, I use long Allen's with rounded on one end for, after I break the allen, I can spin them off easily.

Also, you might want to have someone else hold the bike while you break the Allens. Suzuki uses a lock tight on those (and everything else you will try to break free!)
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great.. so there is a special tool. ahaha damnit.. i knew it.. well, please, send me a link or a place i can go pick one up so i can get this front tire off..

Thanks..
 
(Cookie @ Mar. 03 2004 said:
Yeah, Suzuki "upgraded" to an inverted nut. There is a $1.50 tool around here that you can remidi at a local hardware store and not pay out for Suzuki's $45.00 special tool.

Let me see if I can find it, for ya!

BTW, I use long Allen's with rounded on one end for, after I break the allen, I can spin them off easily.

Also, you might want to have someone else hold the bike while you break the Allens. Suzuki uses a lock tight on those (and everything else you will try to break free!)
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Ok, i found this tool. $35 bucks.. Thats ridiculous.. Why didnt they include that in the tool bag of the bike... weak..

Stupid front wheel tool thingy mah bobby that suzuki RAPES you for.
 
(Lyrikz @ Mar. 03 2004 said:
Why didnt they include that in the tool bag of the bike... weak..
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Reason! So they can capitolize on all of your Hayabusa needs!
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The cheapest way to do it is to get a bolt with same size head and a couple of nut's. Just thread the nut on the bolt and then tighten them together then using a box end wrench turn the inside nut to loosen. The outside nut will lock the inside one so it won't loosen make sure you only turn the inside nut and not both or it will not work. Then do the opposite to reinstall
 
I just went through your exact problem 2 weeks ago. I used the above method. It cost me 3 bucks to by a bolt and a few nuts. Lock them together and you have a poor man's 24mm allen wrench. By the way there is a standard size nut/bolt size that exactly fits the 24mm size. My hardware store didn't sell metric sizes. My axle was tight as hell. It took a LOT of force to break it. One more hint. Make sure you put locktite on the allen screws that hold the axle tight, both left and right side.
 
I used a 24mm bolt and a pipe wrench myself. I got a 3in. long 24mm. bolt and put the bolt head in the axle and then I put the pipe wrench on the threads of the bolt and a breaker bar, and it broke loose.:) keep the right side tight, or the axle will just spin.



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Samething here. I used a 24mm bolt and 2 nuts. Then used that until one of my friends got the suzuki tool for cheap then I just borrowed it.
 
O.K. guys, I posted this about a year ago and here is probably the best and most inexpensive way to remove the front wheel if you have the '02 to '04 Busa because they have the inverted axle nut. I found a 22mm (or 24mm) nut and welded it to the end of an 18mm allen wrench (the big one). This not only works great, but it fits snugly into my onboard tool pouch. Just my .02, but it can sometime be worth a million bucks...



Brian
 
the sae size equivalent is 15/16 , I use a 15/16 bolt with 3 ,15/16 nuts on it and it works great, cost me like 3 bucks
 
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