Hey folks. I tried to remove the rear wheel nut yesterday to change the rear tyre. That's easier said than done! After I removed the clip I tried with a scaffold pole for leverage and nothing. Almost full weight on it however I didn't want to snap my bar. So I called someone I know who works in Ducati and viewed an impact wrench. Came off so easy. He did say some people tighten it to 230Nm then adjust for the clip hole alignment. So it's even tighter than it should be. His tip. Tighten to 220Nm then adjust a pinch for the hole alignment. Also he recommended I check the sprocket side as it often loosens. no problem and took it a test ride. Once all done and back on. Just the excuse I needed to buy an impact wrench Other than that, what a start to my day. Thought my battery was flat, but the keyless pin worked and bike started. Turned out to be my battery in my key
Yep 230nm takes some serious power or weight to budge. I carry a spare fob battery always & when bike is serviced recheck that the default code isn't installed. Had that once or twice' Get yourself a cordless impact wrench, we did a thread on that or three...
Looks great. Just read the full post on impact wrenches. I was thinking the Milwaukee As i have batteries but that's some difference in cost and I have power in my garage anyway. Another great tip from you folks
I got one of these not expecting too much but worked a treat. I tried a 3foot breaker bar with a 4 foot scaffold pipe on the end with no joy....this thing got it off in seconds
That nut is a real bastard. Got my boys to buy me an impact wrench for Christmas. That sucker now come off, even when it doesn't want to.
I was genuinely surprised with the first time I used an air wrench on the rear wheel nut on my Monster. I've had the bike from new and the nut is always done up to the correct torque. It broke a Halfords Professional long socket bar (which Halfords replaced) of about 1 metre in length. I bought an air socket wrench next and that spun the nut straight off easily. I think that I did replace the nut as a precaution but could see nothing wrong with any of it. Never had any trouble in over 10 years of taking the wheel off, so I have no idea why it was suddenly so hard to remove. I had an air compressor anyway but the air impact wrench is a mega useful tool to have in your armoury.
While doing this, the bike got a once-over and the steering head bearings are a bit noticeably off at straight. I have been looking for a workshop manual for a 2018 DVT 1200 on here but I don't see one.
I have added respect for you Perry after your RR divulge recently, but i can't remember what you ended up specialising in? Re; second to last sentence of yours above, it's a galling thing isn't it? It's fascinating (for me anyway) to study the mating surfaces on these taper seats when troublesome/when they finally "let go". I will try and add pictures next time it happens, there is sometimes no rhyme or reason to it occurring, it's often a combination of time/corrosion/lubricants added or not added. I don't tighten as high as the factory recommended figures anymore but I do check regularly.
I did a stint in High Temperature Technology in a portakabin beyond the engine test beds, doing summit with Thermolec(?) paint on turbine blades. Got p1ssed off with that and went to Patents & Licensing in a shed on West Works looking out over the runway (gone now and where Royal Mail are, I think). Got p1ssed off with patents and then went to New Office Block to do computer simulations of engines breaking and how much it would cost to repair. This was in the days of trying to sell Pegasus engines to the Americans and the yanks being fascinated by how much the engines cost to run. We programmed in FORTRAN on mainframe computers but I was more interested in programming PCs. I then left for a proper job in the middle of Bristol. I've still got a RR pension sitting somewhere. They write to me every once in a while to tell me how worthless it is! And... you just reminded me! I used to have a Yamaha RD200 for going to work in Bristol. No idea where it came from or where it went. I know! I must of part-exchanged it for a Honda VF750. That must of been bought new but no idea where from.
