Wheel nut socket

I think it's just that ordinary sockets leave bite marks on the nuts (oooh sounds painful...in a nice kinda way)

Which is probably what you don't want on the nice new ones.

Anth

 

Hi Steve - not sure what you mean - is it because it looks like this :- http://www.mvagusta.net/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=25570&stc=1&d=1238021180 instead of a normal six-sided nut?

 

I got one that i used on my 916,748 you gan borrow it i could always post it to you

 

It is a standard 6 sided 1/2 inch fit but can let you have an adaptor to make it 3/8

 

that's very kind of you John - better check with Steve that it actually is that kind of nut though. Also, i hope your socket is a steel one and not alloy as if the nut is tighter than normal, they can fail spectacularly.

 

no its a proper steel one , as for light weight ally nuts i have a bit of experance of that lost my back wheel on a mountain in france can you imgine going around a corner with your wheel nut passing you then your wheel falls off , luckly two germans on bmws helped me to the side of the road and i spent the rest of the day as the tour d france went by wile my mates found me a new "steel " nut to get me home . Also avoid alloy wheel studs had them on the same bike and due to the wheel going lose i spun them off , on the 800 mile ride home i had to stop every 50 miles to re tighten the nut up due to the wheel spining on the hub ,not the best ride of my life .
on reflection i should have just pushed the bike down the mountain and got recovery to get me home

 

amazing story - yes, the aluminium/alloy nuts are bad but I was talking about the socket as someone was knocking these out in some form of aluminium as well! I think anyone who's come across a tight one (rear nut) would be quick to realise that socket has to be as sturdy as possible and preferably 3/4" drive as 1/2" is questionable and 3/8" will just shear straight off.

 

Sorry ment it has a 1/2 inch adaptor on it the actual size is 3/4 inch but as not many people have any drives of that size but you at a push could also use an aditional 3/8

 

sorry steve my socket is a 6 sided socket see my picture i dont think its what you need , you can use ut but it will probily damage the tips of your star nut

 

try this DUCATI 748 916 996 998 1098 1198 ALLOY WHEEL NUT SOCKET KIT, NEW | eBay

 

Not sure if I'd trust an alloy socket on such a shallow nut at the required torque? but who in their right mind would pay £15 to have it anodised a different colour?

 

Hi Steve - This thread is a veritable minefield of misunderstandings innit?!! For whatever it's worth, and it is only one person's opinion - I would stick with your steel nuts and if you were to invest in a socket to undo them I would also make it a high grade steel one, the type that can safely be used with an impact type gun (often the best way to undo them). If the internal socket drive-faces have a chamfer or lead-in (usually around a millimetre or so deep) then this is best ground off so you get the most surface area possible on such a shallow nut.