Front Axle Nut - where to buy?

[Bernie]

can you guys tell me where to buy these axle nuts:

 

[ginga]

R and D Husky in Australia sell a similar nut.
http://www.husky.com.au/

 

[huskyfrk]

nuts

george at uptite makes them in stainless and alum i believe. he's on the husky site. a dealer in santa ana calif.... lots of cool stuff.

 

[Reddog]

Motosportz has them also.

 

[Joliet]

I got mine in Red from Motosportz. First item in the Convenience section.

http://www.motosportz.com/HVA-SS/HVA-SS-Home.htm

 

[NothingClever]

I got mine in Red from Motosportz. First item in the Convenience section.

+1 . Very reasonable price, too.

 

[huskysRfun]

Motosportz is where i got mine when ordering my KTM damper, it even fit my old WR360. Nice part.

 

[glangston]

1 714 540-2920, and George will sell you one in stainless.

uptite@sbcglobal.net is the e-mail but trust me, the phone, 9-5 pacific time is better.

 

[dirt rider x]

can anyone tell me why those aftermarket axle nuts (bolt really) are 15mm. Nothing else on my bike is 15mm.
I filed mine down to 14mm as I already carry one.

 

[Joliet]

can anyone tell me why those aftermarket axle nuts (bolt really) are 15mm. Nothing else on my bike is 15mm.
I filed mine down to 14mm as I already carry one.

So they fit the axle nut wrench.

 

[glangston]

Just guessing the Huskys used to have regular front axle bolts, then someone decided to put these giant hex axle bolts on them ????? 12 mm hex is a lot harder to find than a 15mm wrench. In emergencies we've seen guys stick two 6mm hex wrenches into the 12 mm hex to remove.

 

[pvduke]

The Orphan sports a Motosportz nut, and wrench, so should yours!

One wrench pulls two wheels.

 

[NothingClever]

Yep, bought the wrench from Motosportz, too.

I liked the idea of being able to pull both wheels with one wrench.

 

[PC.]

I gots me a MZ one also. It's very nice!
I'll have to take that giant allen wrench back to Sears and get my $8 back one of these days.....

Those wrenches are looking nice too. I'll have to get one on my next order.

 

[XLEnduroMan]

If only the wrench was 6 point instead of 12 point, it would be perfect.

 

[Joliet]

Actually to be perfect, I think it would have to be made of skeletonized titanium, but then who could afford one. Ken

 

[seanoj]

Replace the 12mm hex Front axle

Would be nice if the replacement (up-tite / motosportz) front bolt was something a little more common size (12 or 13mm) so you could carry a pair of motion pro levers like these:

http://www.motionpro.com/motorcycle/partno/08-0284/
http://www.motionpro.com/motorcycle/partno/08-0288/

It was suggested to me to take another tool and weld a piece of 14mm hex to it (or a nut/bolt head that is 14mm).

Trying to go super light with the tool kit...

Don't want to have to carry stuff like this in the fanny pack:

http://www.pirate4x4.com/tech/billavista/PR-Kingpin/DCP_6788.jpg

 

[Motosportz]

The reason, the nut is 15mm is because the husky axle wrench is 15/27 for the front and rear axle.