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Flashmonkey · May 9th, 2009, 09:10 AM

Ahhh yes....tires....god bless them. Anyway, I have attempted and seemingly succeeded in changing the front tire on my ninja....with only one tire lever no less.

My question is: how much am I supposed to tighten that front axle nut (the one with the cotter pin in it)? I tried tightening it to a reasonable amount, but that made the front wheel hard to spin. Ninja250.org says that this may be attributed to the speedo drive not being aligned properly with the nubs on the fork, but I quickly double checked just now and I seemed to have gotten that part right.

Right now the nut is on, but its pretty loose. I've put the cotter pin in but I have reservations about how loose that nut is. The torque values for that nut are supposedly 88 N-m....there's no way that nut is anywhere near that value right now. Help?

May 9th, 2009, 09:10 AM	#1
Flashmonkey Professional belly dancer Name: James Location: Toronto Join Date: Apr 2009 Motorcycle(s): 1992 GSX-R 750 Posts: A lot.	Front Axle Nut Ahhh yes....tires....god bless them. Anyway, I have attempted and seemingly succeeded in changing the front tire on my ninja....with only one tire lever no less. My question is: how much am I supposed to tighten that front axle nut (the one with the cotter pin in it)? I tried tightening it to a reasonable amount, but that made the front wheel hard to spin. Ninja250.org says that this may be attributed to the speedo drive not being aligned properly with the nubs on the fork, but I quickly double checked just now and I seemed to have gotten that part right. Right now the nut is on, but its pretty loose. I've put the cotter pin in but I have reservations about how loose that nut is. The torque values for that nut are supposedly 88 N-m....there's no way that nut is anywhere near that value right now. Help?