How to change your wheel studs & fit a car wheel to your single sider

How to change your wheel studs and fit a car wheel to your Single sided swing arm.




I thought it might be a bit easier to do the job if I removed the sprocket first and got the chain right out of the way.



They are the studs I need to get to



So after I got the sprocket off the next thing to do was undo that big nut.  I dont have a socket that big so used an adjustable wrench.
Behind the nut is a washer that needs to be removed carefully with a flat screw driver.



Once they are off the hub should pull off.



With a soft mallet, tap out the hub from the splined side.



I used my Haines manuel, but now all you have to do is follow this.



OK, in my socket set I have a bunch of sockets with 7/8" and 1 1/4" on them. I dont use them, I dont like them, and I dont understand them so any chance I get to abuse them, I do just that.

Anyway, I stuck one of them in my vice and tightend down on it.



I then placed my disc hub onto the vice with the wheel stud sat inside the socket.



A couple of sharp taps and out-ski she come-ski



Now up to now its only taken about half an hour, so not hard at all



And there they all are.



Now I have something I can go to my local car spares shop with and ask for something a bit longer.



Hub is 8mm + 30mm spacer + new wheel, so I'm gonna need something to cope with all that



I'm gonna do it with two spacers, 1 x 20mm and 1 x 10mm, coz I'm not a clever git with a lathe that can make one.  When the 20mm spacer arrived it was just a tiny bit to small, so I went round the inside with a round back file and took off a very small amount.



Then it popped straight on, and was a nice snug fit.  

Right then, lets see if I can remember how this pile of nuts and bolts went together



peice of cake, there was nothing to taking it to bits, so putting it all back was a doddle.



The studs I used were 63mm long Ford studs (M12/1.5) The M12 is the size of the bolt and the 1.5 is the pitch of the thread. They have a 13.1mm spigot, thats the bit that bites into the hub. You'll need to drill out your hub to fit them, but if a numb nut like me can do it, then so can you.



I put the 20mm spacer on first as the back has hollow sections that sat nice over the disc rotor nuts. Then the 10mm spacer went on next.



Loads of room for the wheel, and plenty of thread for my funkey wheel nuts.



Just need to get some rubber on my Inovit concept wheel and bung it on.

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Damn, Do work buddy!  Looks good. exhaust is hagard and needs something after market but the rest is sick!  
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Awesome post! Please keep us up to date with the build process. That's turning into one sick Streetfighter.  

i'm gonna do that to my KX450.
seriously though, nice job.  

The zorst is on my list of things to do mate, thanks for all the kind comments.  

GREAT thread, congrats on the bike!  

AWESOME, and nice How To!  Man, that R22 VW article really got peoples juices flowing! Great Ingenuity!!!