yeah you have the tree one...thats easy to change a tire.
When I recuperate from paying for this maybe I can buy a digital camera and post some pics.
Good job. I did the same thing. I used a 24mm nut and welded it on to the end of a large allen wrench. It works great and I can carry it inside the onboard tool pouch. It really sucks that Suzuki puts onboard tools to work on just about everything on the bike except remove the front wheel. My local Suzuki dealer didn't have any idea of how to remove the wheel either, but could sell me the tool for about $125. +++BASTARDS!!!!!+++Thanks guys for the replys. I Put my bike up on the stands today and the only problem I ran into on removeing the front wheel was finding a 24mm allen wrench to loosen the front axle. I spent 2 hours driving around from place 2 place with no luck.I even went 2 my local suzuki dealer where I know the tech fairly well and believe it or not he didn,t even have one. So to anyone who plans on takeing threr front wheel off 4 what ever reason, here,s what I came up with. I went to my local hartware store and bought a 4 inch 24mm bolt put it in the axle end and put a pipe wrench on the threads of the bolt and walaa, I had a homemade front axle wrench for 89 cents. After that I had no problems. So the bottom line is my wheels are off to the chromers
the 03 busa has a 24mm counter socket...u can weld 2 15/16 together to make the required tools. as for the stand with the nipple that goes under the fork tree...those are impossible to get the nipple in the hole if u have a lowered busa.Wal-Mart has a 5pc Stanley socket set with a lifetime warranty that goes from 24mm-32mm which covers your front and rear axle nut. I got it on salel for about $5 but i think the set is actually $10 or $12. Well worth the investment.. I also recommend you buy the Impact gun that plugs into your cigerette lighter $19.88 makes getting those axle nuts off as easy as a pull of the trigger
u need to put the bike on the stands. i recommend the rear first, then the front. first u remove the 4 bolts holding the brake assembly and pull the brake off the fork mounts. now, u need to loosen the 2 screws on the right fork. remember just the 2 on the right side fork for now because the 2 on the left side is gonna hold the the left side while u loosen the right side of the shaft with 24mm socket or counter socket( for 02 and up models). pull the shaft out from right side and loosen the 2 screws from left side of the forks and pull the left part of shaft out. u should be able to pull your wheel off now. loosening ur front hugger might help in taking the wheel off.i have one request ... can somebody give a detailed explanation of how to take of the front wheel,i would apreciate it ....since i am not the most mechanicaly inclined person. I also dont want to have to pay someone to do something that appears to be simple... thanx in advance ...jose
