Castle nut

Tightening too much may damage the bearings. Get it right and the bike will be much happier.

snug it down good and u shouldnt be more than + or- 1/8th turn from a slot for ur cotter key to slip right in.bj

Topper wrote:

I'm going to give 19mm a shot. We'll see how that goes.

Well, it ain't 19mm. Its a lot bigger. 19mm just barely gets over the little tapered rim on the castle nut.

This wouldn't be such a pain if either a)I didn't live 45 minutes from the nearest hardware store or b)I had enough money to just buy a bunch of new tools.

Someone suggested measuring the nut. I'll try to dig out a metric ruler and give that a try. There's got to be one around here somewhere.

Then back to the hardware store tomorrow I guess.

cresent wrench for this is fine if that is what ya got handy...


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hocbj23 wrote:

snug it down good and u shouldnt be more than + or- 1/8th turn from a slot for ur cotter key to slip right in.bj

Try a 7/8" (22mm) socket.

How about an adjustable wrench?

mark1122 wrote:

How about an adjustable wrench?

Yeah, that's actually what I ended up resorting to. Thanks for all the help everyone!