1200 DVT Bloody Wheel Nut Aaargh. Which Wrench ?

Discussion in 'Multistrada' started by HootOwl, Aug 17, 2020.

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    #41 cabrand, Aug 24, 2020
  2. Lidl stock rotates on a very regular basis. Now u see them now u don’t. No idea if they are in the stores at the moment but they will be in stock again. I have noticed them in on several occasions since buying mine. Download the Lidl app and put in an item search reminder.
     
    #42 cabrand, Aug 24, 2020
  3. 320 Nm versus the 450 Nm of the Clarke CEW1000 and clones (and currently available for £50 post free).
     
    #43 Chris, Aug 24, 2020
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  4. The vast majority of official Ducati torque settings are quoted as being + or - 10% anyway. Whenever I take it to a workshop I tell them to do it up to 210. - Assuming their torque wrench is accurate.

    There are a number of "safety critical" settings that need to be within + or - 5% but the big wheel nut is not one of them.

    See this page for the MTS1200 as an example. - Technical data .... (3)-Torque settings.

    http://www.madcogz.com/MSTD1200s/wsm/en/home.html
     
    #44 Wrecked, Aug 24, 2020
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  5. I bought in Lidl Sept 2017 and paid £29. I have seen them since at £39. Regarding the actual torque figures, when you get to these sorts of figures what is real meant is Fuckin tight. I have got that I just rattle the nut up and insert the pin clip. I have checked with my torque wrench and it has always been up too at least the specified figure, I don’t bother any more. I too add a cable tie - just because, and again the clip always remains “loose” meaning the nut remains tight.
     
    #45 cabrand, Aug 24, 2020
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  6. Well the VonHaus Clarke clone shifted the wheel nut OK . It was even easier to remove when I got hold of the reverse bit of the trigger and not the tighten bit of the trigger mind ... :confused:

    They are just as big a bastard to torque back up though ... My wrench only goes up to around 210/215 newtonian metrics, so I set that and a 'ickle bit more. Trying to stand on the brake pedal with my right foot and also with left foot on the wrench until it clicked though, is pretty tricky :D

    I got there in the end mind, but looked pretty silly methinks :)
     
    #46 HootOwl, Aug 31, 2020
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  7. I use a small strap around the horizontal bar on my ABBA stand looped around the rear brake to hold it full on. Works a treat. HTH.

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    #47 Expat Jack, Aug 31, 2020
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  8. Good idea. Alas I dont have an Abba and it was on the main stand, but I will bear that in mind and maybe adapt the idea in future cos it i surely tricky on my own :)
     
    #48 HootOwl, Aug 31, 2020
  9. My 1200 mstrada rear wheel but was unbelievably tight and last put on by a dealer, ended up in my local garage using a hydraulic ratchet gun and gas heat gun. Finally got it off after a massive struggle. 2 weeks later realised the other side was as bad!!. Bought myself a 30 inch breaker bar which I used after reassembly with very clean threads and nut lightly oiled.
     
    #49 Peter Montague, Aug 31, 2020
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  10. Rear brake? - on a MTS1200? :laughing::laughing::laughing::laughing::laughing:
     
    #50 Wrecked, Aug 31, 2020
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  11. : unamused: Well I've literally just tried to use my new latest Von-Haus impact wrench toy on my rear wheel nut and what a total waste of time and effort. All it would do is make the maximum torque rattle racket and nothing else.
    Incredibly disappointing I have to admit, so what seems to me anyway, to be utterly useless, is now in the process of being returned. Good intentions and all that. :poop:
    Back to square 1 and RIRO to my local tyre dealership.........:mad:
     
    #51 TonyMNo1, Sep 28, 2020
  12. Chris

    The Lidl corded wrench currently on offer is 500nm
     
    #52 Gerr, Sep 28, 2020
  13. The University of American Samoa do a degree course on this very subject.
    For a nominal fee it can be upgraded to a Masters.
     
    #53 RickyX, Sep 28, 2020
  14. the current one might be, Thanks for the tip-off but i'm set for life now with a pair of corded/450Nm.
     
    #54 Chris, Sep 28, 2020
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  15. If anybody around the Oxford area needs to undo there wheel they can always arrange with me to borrow or I can nip past with my f**k off powerful Milwaukee impact gun.

    And I have a snap on Torque wrench to do it back up again.
     
    #55 BigAlan, Sep 28, 2020
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  16. You didn't do what I did and hit the tighten part of the trigger by mistake did you ? Once I realised what I had done, I thought I had really fecked up ...but it still spun it straight off even though I had massively over tightened it :)

    Its a stupid design. I added tape to mine now to make it more obvious which way is selected.
     
    #56 HootOwl, Sep 29, 2020
  17. HO,
    No I didn't as I had already made sure I knew which trigger section to press.
    The gun simply wasn't up to it, perhaps being defective, however, no matter, it's on it's way back.
    Just paid £40/wheel to get two new tyres fitted, so before the next time, another version will need to be found............:astonished:
     
    #57 TonyMNo1, Sep 29, 2020
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  18. :) I couldn't believe how thick I was, I knew about the trigger but just got distracted for one second and wondered why it wasn't coming off. I truly thought I had blown it but it span straight off ... You must have a bad unit clearly, mine although only used a couple of times is really good.
    Hope you get sorted with a good one soon
     
    #58 HootOwl, Sep 30, 2020
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