mdkuni
New member
Does anyone know the size of the nut that is on the outside wheels. None of my sockets fit it as they are all to small.....
Yamahammer485
Member
What venture do you have?.
My XL has the cast aluminum wheels that ride in sets in between the slide rails and along side the rails in pairs of two. My rear axel nuts are 19mm, and 17mm, just liek from the factory.
If you are talking about the bogey wheeels not on the rear axel, and its not a sled liek mine, than Im not sure what it is, but I think the size of socket to take them off was a 21mm or something really large like that
My XL has the cast aluminum wheels that ride in sets in between the slide rails and along side the rails in pairs of two. My rear axel nuts are 19mm, and 17mm, just liek from the factory.
If you are talking about the bogey wheeels not on the rear axel, and its not a sled liek mine, than Im not sure what it is, but I think the size of socket to take them off was a 21mm or something really large like that
mdkuni
New member
It is a 2000 XL 500.
I am talking about the bogey wheels that are towards the front of the rails, not the rear axle. If it is not too much trouble is there anyway you can verify the size before this weekend?!?!
If not, not big deal I will go pickup a 21MM socket and start from there. Thank you for the reply!
I am talking about the bogey wheels that are towards the front of the rails, not the rear axle. If it is not too much trouble is there anyway you can verify the size before this weekend?!?!
If not, not big deal I will go pickup a 21MM socket and start from there. Thank you for the reply!
I'm thinking you're going to want a 12 or 14 mm socket, unless the cast wheels use a larger bolt?!?! My sleds aren't here to check though. 21mm is close to 7/8" (but not close enough to use probably)
mdkuni
New member
crewchief47 said:
I believe they have the same size bolt but the nut on the outside is huge. Look closely at the pic of Yamahammer485's sled and you can barely see them.
Yamahammer485
Member
I apologize for the lateness of my reply, had to reformatt the computer.
The socket I use to take off the bogey wheel nuts is a 24mm. Works like a champ everytime!
Look at my pic also, if you look closely guys, you can see how big these things really are.
The socket I use to take off the bogey wheel nuts is a 24mm. Works like a champ everytime!
Look at my pic also, if you look closely guys, you can see how big these things really are.
mdkuni
New member
Thank you very much for the reply. I was able to get a 24mm socket this weekend and remove the wheels. Thanks again!
Yamahammer485
Member
No problem!
Good to hear ya got them off!
If you change bearings in those wheels, I find that the aluminum style wheels, which is the ones you have, are easiest to put new bearings in.
Good to hear ya got them off!
If you change bearings in those wheels, I find that the aluminum style wheels, which is the ones you have, are easiest to put new bearings in.
mdkuni
New member
Well I had 6 wheels that were shot.
3 had rubber peeling
3 had bad bearings, 1 was fixable with some penetrating stick free stuff I had in the garage.
Over 5,000 miles and they are all the original wheels. Not to bad.
3 had rubber peeling
3 had bad bearings, 1 was fixable with some penetrating stick free stuff I had in the garage.
Over 5,000 miles and they are all the original wheels. Not to bad.