What did you guys use to remove the 2 nuts on the axle?

oh and on another note..Joey9

i put my seat on last night and man you werer right...WHat a pain in the A**!! The heat gun was my savior..looks Phat now though!!

 

These nuts are loctited from factory so heat them up before loosening (makes it easy to spin off). You will need a 50mm wrench. K&L Supplies or Yamaha sells the wrench specifically make for this. I like the one I got from my dealer because it is thick and you cam hammer off the nuts.

When you put them back on, make sure to loctite them or they may loosen up. The `02 Raptor has new nuts with set screws in it to lock them in place.

 

I used a big 24" cresson wrench.

 

i used a pipe wrench it came off way too easy. remeber to use lock-tite on new axle

01 blu 660r

 

Thanks Guys...


Hey you know i went to yamahaoftroy.com to see if they had the wrenches you were referring to...couldn't find them. i wanted to get the part number for them cause i saw them somewhere and now i can't remember.

i will just got out and get me a 50MM craftsman

Thanks gUys

 

I used a small pipe wrench, It came off really easily and did not tear up the lock nuts, not that you reuse those anyway with your new axle but it is good to have them in case you need to put the orig back on.

 

The really nice heavy duty 50mm (2&quot wrench (looks like a flare nut wrench with long handle for hammering) is what Yamaha recommends to their dealers for Raptor, Banshee, Blaster and it has a slot so you can fit 1/2 breaker bar or torque wrench. Because it wraps around the nut, it won,t scratch it. The dealer told me that they get theirs from SPX Tools which supplies Yamaha dealers so ask your dealer to order one for you. I think it cost about $25~30. K&L and Motion Pro also offers something like it.

Open end wrench might round off the corners at 100+ ft lb of torgue. The combo 2" or 50mm wrench at Sears probably will cost around $50.00 and from Snap On, probably over $100.00.

I don't use pipe wrench because it scratches the nuts - I'm kind of picky about that. Gotta go, my nuts itches.