Rear spool thread size

Robbo81 · October 15th, 2009, 04:10 AM

Would anybody know the thread size of the rear spools for the lifting stands? I just bought a set and they gave me the wrong ones, I've got m10x 1.5. But I think they are definitely m10 but don't know if they are .25 or .75.

Oh and its for a 09 250r

Cheers

bob706 · October 15th, 2009, 04:20 AM

Does the .25 and .75 indicate length of the bolt? When I got mine it was labled 10mm with no other value and they were for a zx-6 if I remember correctly. If the ones you got are made for kawis then it should fit.

Robbo81 · October 15th, 2009, 04:38 AM

the .25 is for the TPI (threads per inch) and the M10 is thickness of the bolt. on the back of the box it say's zx-6 but they still don't fit.

kkim · October 15th, 2009, 04:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Robbo81

the .25 is for the TPI (threads per inch) and the M10 is thickness of the bolt. on the back of the box it say's zx-6 but they still don't fit.

what makes you say they don't fit?

Robbo81 · October 15th, 2009, 04:54 AM

As soon as the thread makes contact it locks up. Pretty sure they are m10, just not .5

Alex · October 15th, 2009, 05:01 AM

I guess it's possible that the spools you bought are of the wrong thread pitch, but it's unlikely. It's more likely that the threads in the spool bosses on your swingarm are notchy and perhaps not fully cut. If you have a chance to get to a dealership (or anywhere there are other bikes), try and handscrew your spools into another kawi (or any bike that has an M10 spool boss), and it's likely they will work fine. If that turns out to be the case, the fix is to clean your threads on the bike so they'll accept the spools.

Robbo81 · October 15th, 2009, 05:08 AM

Will do. thanks

kkim · October 15th, 2009, 11:48 AM

yes, there have been bikes that had the swing arm threads for the spools filled with paint which made them difficult, if not impossible, to thread in the spools without cleaning the threads first with proper sized a tap.

killerkay3 · October 15th, 2009, 07:28 PM

i know this is a super noob question, but do i need spools to put the front tire on a stand?

Alex · October 15th, 2009, 07:31 PM

Nope. Front stand is held up either by a pin through the triple tree, or on rollers at the bottom of each fork. Nothing needs to be added to the bike.

bob706 · October 15th, 2009, 07:34 PM

No, but I think I've seen spools that are made for the front. MotorcycleSuperstore might have em.

HKr1 · October 15th, 2009, 08:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by killerkay3

i know this is a super noob question, but do i need spools to put the front tire on a stand?

Kinda Yes! If you dont have spools on the rear, and up on the rear stand. You cant put the bike up on the front stand.

Robbo81 · October 16th, 2009, 02:03 AM

For anybody that needs to know, The thread size is M10 x 1.25 most other ninjas are 1.5 but not the 08/09 250r.

SteveL · October 16th, 2009, 05:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Robbo81

For anybody that needs to know, The thread size is M10 x 1.25 most other ninjas are 1.5 but not the 08/09 250r.

The bolts are indeed M10 * 1.25 however on my Ninja the holes were full of paint, I used a tap to clean the threads out. If you don’t have a tap cut a slot in the side of a bolt and that will do the trick.

Steve

CZroe · October 16th, 2009, 05:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Robbo81

the .25 is for the TPI (threads per inch) and the M10 is thickness of the bolt. on the back of the box it say's zx-6 but they still don't fit.

I've seen 8mm and 10mm spools in the exact same packaging but with a dot or a mark indicating which one. They would both have something about Kawi and Honda on them, for example.

kkim · October 16th, 2009, 09:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Robbo81

For anybody that needs to know, The thread size is M10 x 1.25 most other ninjas are 1.5 but not the 08/09 250r.

Thank you for that clarification.

Did you get spools on, yet?

Robbo81 · October 16th, 2009, 10:53 PM

Yep got them on. I think i'll just leave them on now.

CANADIENS · August 5th, 2014, 08:34 PM

I know this thread is old, however i also have encountered a M10*1.25 sized swing arm thread on my 2012 ninja 250R.... kind of a p*ss off because the spools i bought came with M10*1.5 bolts...

Alex · August 5th, 2014, 08:42 PM

Most are M10 with a 1.25 pitch. Every once in awhile people are coming across ones that have the 1.5 pitch though, including one swingarm that had different pitches on either side.

Wickedrick · August 18th, 2014, 12:31 AM

I had some problem with ebay spool thread size also, ive ordered spool and they came with one with the good tread size , the other one was off, so i asked that they resend the bolt, still bad

I finally ordered a venom stand that came with free spool and took those bolt since they were the good thread size

Skullz · August 18th, 2014, 01:48 AM

Bought some cheap ones off ebay that came with 1 correct size and the other was an M6 for a different bike requiring me to drill it out and pop the centers out so they both looked the same, yes i could have sent them back, but the time it would have taken would have been too long and not really worth the time and effort.

October 15th, 2009, 04:10 AM	#1
Robbo81 ninjette.org member Name: Robert Location: sydney Join Date: Sep 2009 Motorcycle(s): 250r Posts: 35	Rear spool thread size Would anybody know the thread size of the rear spools for the lifting stands? I just bought a set and they gave me the wrong ones, I've got m10x 1.5. But I think they are definitely m10 but don't know if they are .25 or .75. Oh and its for a 09 250r Cheers

October 15th, 2009, 05:01 AM	#6
Alex ninjette.org dude Name: 1 guess :-) Location: SF Bay Area Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 (white, the fastest color!), '13 R1200RT, '14 CRF250L, '12 TT-R125LE Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 7	I guess it's possible that the spools you bought are of the wrong thread pitch, but it's unlikely. It's more likely that the threads in the spool bosses on your swingarm are notchy and perhaps not fully cut. If you have a chance to get to a dealership (or anywhere there are other bikes), try and handscrew your spools into another kawi (or any bike that has an M10 spool boss), and it's likely they will work fine. If that turns out to be the case, the fix is to clean your threads on the bike so they'll accept the spools. __________________________________________________ Montgomery Street Motorcycle Club / cal24.com / crf250l.org / ninjette.org ninjette.org Terms of Service Shopping for motorcycle parts or equipment? Come here first. The friendliest Ninja 250R/300/400 forum on the internet! (especially Unregistered)

October 15th, 2009, 07:28 PM	#9
killerkay3 =°°= Name: Imran Location: Bergen County, NJ Join Date: Sep 2009 Motorcycle(s): 2009 Yamaha R6 / 2008 Green Ninja 250 (Sold) Posts: 103	i know this is a super noob question, but do i need spools to put the front tire on a stand? __________________________________________________

October 15th, 2009, 07:31 PM	#10
Alex ninjette.org dude Name: 1 guess :-) Location: SF Bay Area Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 (white, the fastest color!), '13 R1200RT, '14 CRF250L, '12 TT-R125LE Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 7	Nope. Front stand is held up either by a pin through the triple tree, or on rollers at the bottom of each fork. Nothing needs to be added to the bike. __________________________________________________ Montgomery Street Motorcycle Club / cal24.com / crf250l.org / ninjette.org ninjette.org Terms of Service Shopping for motorcycle parts or equipment? Come here first. The friendliest Ninja 250R/300/400 forum on the internet! (especially Unregistered)

August 5th, 2014, 08:42 PM	#19
Alex ninjette.org dude Name: 1 guess :-) Location: SF Bay Area Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 (white, the fastest color!), '13 R1200RT, '14 CRF250L, '12 TT-R125LE Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 7	Most are M10 with a 1.25 pitch. Every once in awhile people are coming across ones that have the 1.5 pitch though, including one swingarm that had different pitches on either side. __________________________________________________ Montgomery Street Motorcycle Club / cal24.com / crf250l.org / ninjette.org ninjette.org Terms of Service Shopping for motorcycle parts or equipment? Come here first. The friendliest Ninja 250R/300/400 forum on the internet! (especially Unregistered)

October 15th, 2009, 04:20 AM	#2
bob706 ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Sean Location: Mary Esther, FL Join Date: Jan 2009 Motorcycle(s): 2008 Ninja 250 1998 HD Road King Posts: A lot.	Does the .25 and .75 indicate length of the bolt? When I got mine it was labled 10mm with no other value and they were for a zx-6 if I remember correctly. If the ones you got are made for kawis then it should fit.

October 15th, 2009, 04:38 AM	#3
Robbo81 ninjette.org member Name: Robert Location: sydney Join Date: Sep 2009 Motorcycle(s): 250r Posts: 35	the .25 is for the TPI (threads per inch) and the M10 is thickness of the bolt. on the back of the box it say's zx-6 but they still don't fit.

October 15th, 2009, 04:54 AM	#5
Robbo81 ninjette.org member Name: Robert Location: sydney Join Date: Sep 2009 Motorcycle(s): 250r Posts: 35	As soon as the thread makes contact it locks up. Pretty sure they are m10, just not .5

October 15th, 2009, 05:08 AM	#7
Robbo81 ninjette.org member Name: Robert Location: sydney Join Date: Sep 2009 Motorcycle(s): 250r Posts: 35	Will do. thanks

October 15th, 2009, 11:48 AM	#8
kkim Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: Too much.	yes, there have been bikes that had the swing arm threads for the spools filled with paint which made them difficult, if not impossible, to thread in the spools without cleaning the threads first with proper sized a tap.

October 15th, 2009, 07:34 PM	#11
bob706 ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Sean Location: Mary Esther, FL Join Date: Jan 2009 Motorcycle(s): 2008 Ninja 250 1998 HD Road King Posts: A lot.	No, but I think I've seen spools that are made for the front. MotorcycleSuperstore might have em.

October 16th, 2009, 02:03 AM	#13
Robbo81 ninjette.org member Name: Robert Location: sydney Join Date: Sep 2009 Motorcycle(s): 250r Posts: 35	For anybody that needs to know, The thread size is M10 x 1.25 most other ninjas are 1.5 but not the 08/09 250r.

October 16th, 2009, 10:53 PM	#17
Robbo81 ninjette.org member Name: Robert Location: sydney Join Date: Sep 2009 Motorcycle(s): 250r Posts: 35	Yep got them on. I think i'll just leave them on now.

August 5th, 2014, 08:34 PM	#18
CANADIENS ninjette.org newbie Name: Shawn Location: Halifax N.S Join Date: Jun 2014 Motorcycle(s): 2012 NINJA 250R Posts: 2	I know this thread is old, however i also have encountered a M101.25 sized swing arm thread on my 2012 ninja 250R.... kind of a pss off because the spools i bought came with M10*1.5 bolts...

August 18th, 2014, 12:31 AM	#20
Wickedrick ninjette.org member Name: Rick Location: Canada Join Date: May 2014 Motorcycle(s): 2011 Imperial Blue 250r Posts: 18	I had some problem with ebay spool thread size also, ive ordered spool and they came with one with the good tread size , the other one was off, so i asked that they resend the bolt, still bad I finally ordered a venom stand that came with free spool and took those bolt since they were the good thread size

August 18th, 2014, 01:48 AM	#21
Skullz ninjette.org guru Name: Ray Location: 48162 Join Date: Aug 2013 Motorcycle(s): 2012 Ninja 250 Posts: 450	Bought some cheap ones off ebay that came with 1 correct size and the other was an M6 for a different bike requiring me to drill it out and pop the centers out so they both looked the same, yes i could have sent them back, but the time it would have taken would have been too long and not really worth the time and effort.

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