heading out to wales next week , thought i would double check the chain , needed a little tweek, popped the yamaha supplied tool kit , nothing in it to fit the wheel nut ? you are kidding me ? contacted yamaha , contact your local dealer was the reply , are you kidding me ?

Yep. Likewise with the front wheel, there's nothing that will undo that spindle either. You'll need to get yourself a 22mm socket for the rear nut and a 14mm hex for the front axle � I carry a 14" long 3/8" breaker-bar as it's lighter than a ratchet handle and offers the leverage needed to undo the rear nut (105nm torque).

Worth investing in a torque wrench for home-use if you haven't already got one.

If you want some tyre levers as well, Motion Pro do some very tasty ones in T6 aluminium, that have various sized ring-wrenches on the other end (Adventure-Spec sell them for example)... You can also get a 3/8th square-drive insert for the ring-wrench, so you could have a 14mm hex bit on that (plus any other 3/8th drive sockets you might want of course).

They are not cheap, but very nice quality and should last you indefinitely...

Jx

ps. if you decide to buy three Motion Pro levers, I recommend 22/24/27mm as these will cover the majority of trail bike axle nuts, thus being able to help out any chums/other riders, and impress them with your tasty levers!

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Halfords do some nice torque wrenches, i have one that goes from 6lb to 45lb and one that goes from 30lb to 150lb, good quality and about �70 each.

its a disgrace but there it is ...grr
wememoto have the spindle adapter fir the front wheel ..you need a 17ml spanner for the other end
plus one on the motion pro lever ..its a class peice of kit a real good lever .effective on the wheel nut and as light as a feather too


By minkyhead at 2011-03-02

Nope, and my credit card still bears a grudge against you for the amount of Motion Pro related pain I inflicted on it after your 'trail toolkit' post a while back

Just the 22mm (Tenere) and 27mm (GasGas and ER6) for me, plus the 3/8 adapter for the 27mm. And their Trail Tool. And a Kriega US-5 to keep it all in, and....



They are really nice though


Regarding torque wrenches, I just do the back wheel up as tight as I can by hand with the Motion Pro lever or a ratchet of similar length. The wheel's not fallen off yet.

As for something to fit the front spindle, go into Halfords and look for sockets for car sump plugs.

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