Help needed here. I want to purchase a rear wheel nut socket. But i can’t find one online.
The moto guzzi manual i downloaded for my V100s says the socket size is a M60.
Online forum quotes are all showing different sizes for this socket.
Do Moto Guzzi sell a socket, and if not, can someone direct me to where i can buy one
visually the nut on the Stelvio looks so similar to the Ducati and Speed Triple ones, i would take some measuring calipers and go to my local Ducati/Triumph shop
I bought a 65mm socket online that fits my v100 Stelvio perfectly, a Mandello may be different. It’s a three quarter inch drive so I also bought a half inch converter to fit my torque wrench. I’ll see if I can get a photo of it tomorrow so you can shop with a picture. The socket and adaptor just fit in the storage space under my seat.
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It’s 65mm. Apparently, the same size as Ford Transit hub nuts. Yes, they all seem to be 3/4" drive, but are all over eBay etc. I got an impact rated one because the torque is supposed to be about 250 Nm. Undoing that is going to need even more, so I’m sure it’d really need a rattle-gun.
The one I bought is lobular, bi-hex. I used a rattle-gun to remove the rear wheel socket on my Mandello S.
News update. What i didn’t realise was the manual says M60, but its actually referring to the thread size. Just put a vernier caliper on the nut, and it’s actually 65mm.
Thank you to everyone who reponded.
I now have a much great knowledge on what socket i decide to buy.
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In the workshop manual under special tools (page 89) the last entry states “65MM commercially available” for the socket required for the rear wheel removal. IT then shows a drawing of a generic socket of this kind. given the torque specs for the rear wheel nut are 260 ± 39 Nm (191.75 ± 28.76 lb ft) then perhaps an impact grade socket of decent quality with 1/2 inch drive might be best suited.
Probably worth getting impact as it may be needed to loosen the nut using impact gun.
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I did buy a impact socket. I also bought a britool 1/2 torque wrench, the biggest they make in 1/2 drive.