1098 Rear Wheel Removal

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az5654

Discussion Starter · Jul 21, 2007

I am at a point were my 1098 needs new tires. The problem I am facing is that none of my local Ducati dealers have the necessary tool to remove the damn rear wheel!

So now, my 1098 has been just sitting in my garage for the last two weeks waiting for my local dealer to get this tool in.

Have any of you experienced this problem?

Thanks for your feedback.

az5654

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Desmo Duc

· #2 · Jul 21, 2007

Buy the socket, its not that much.

Grand Duc

· #3 · Jul 21, 2007

I order the tool via e-bay as my dealer could not provide me one. My dealer is using a Snap On; 12 hex 54 mm I beleve.

vikingdrvr

· #4 · Jul 21, 2007

I agree...buy one if you can. I bought a really well designed one out of Germany on ebay. It's one socket that will remove both the front and the rear wheel nuts, plus it has a built-in mandrel for the rear which prevents the socket from slipping off of the shallow rear nut.

Also, if you have an MV dealer in town...it's the same size.

Tricolore

· #5 · Jul 21, 2007

It's nice to hear that all your US Ducati dealers are so switched on.....can't believe the bike's been out for 7 months and they haven't got the tool to remove the rear wheel.

Desmo Duc

· #6 · Jul 21, 2007

If you buy the socket, lend it to your dealer for the tire replacement and have him knock some $$ off of the bill for not having the proper tools.
Its not a bad idea to take it with you while riding.

gixxerboy

· #7 · Jul 22, 2007

Mate I would bewriting to Ducatis head office to complain. Fancy a dealer that services bikes and doesnt have the basic tools for the job. That is disgusting when you think about it. Im sure Ducati would have something to say about that, they might even revoke their dealer status

MX Tuner

· #8 · Jul 22, 2007

Desmo Duc said:
If you buy the socket, lend it to your dealer for the tire replacement and have him knock some $$ off of the bill for not having the proper tools.
Its not a bad idea to take it with you while riding.

Where are you going to put it and the breaker bar while riding?

MX Tuner

· #9 · Jul 22, 2007

gixxerboy said:
Mate I would bewriting to Ducatis head office to complain. Fancy a dealer that services bikes and doesnt have the basic tools for the job. That is disgusting when you think about it. Im sure Ducati would have something to say about that, they might even revoke their dealer status

No, it would take much more than that to revoke dealership priveledges. Their tool may have grown legs and walked off (tools have a way of doing that). I'd think they would have ordered one to replace it with once they discovered it was missing.

Desmo Duc

· #10 · Jul 22, 2007 (Edited)

MX Tuner said:
Where are you going to put it and the breaker bar while riding?

Your just carrying the socket no breaker bar. Its not for you to use yourself, say you get a flat or your tire is slowly leaking and the nearest ducati dealer is 200mi away, but there is a Yamaha dealer down the road, they have a tire but i doubt they would have a ducati rear wheel socket, or a 54mm socket, since you have the socket for them use you would be on you way in no time, if you didn't you would be stuck for a while. Its the same situation if you had wheel locks on you car and you don't carry the wheel lock key, you would be SOL.

Ravel

· #11 · Jul 22, 2007

Just thought I'd add that my local dealer here in the UK didn't have the correct socket so I took mine when changing the rear, but they also couldn't balance the wheel after the new tyre was fitted. As DesmoDuc says I carry mine under the seat along with a small multi-tool and socket set just in case. The wheel socket is only there to enable any dealer to fix a puncture front or rear.

ST-Moto-1098S

· #12 · Jul 22, 2007

Backpack?

MX Tuner

· #13 · Jul 23, 2007

Desmo Duc said:
Your just carrying the socket no breaker bar. Its not for you to use yourself, say you get a flat or your tire is slowly leaking and the nearest ducati dealer is 200mi away, but there is a Yamaha dealer down the road, they have a tire but i doubt they would have a ducati rear wheel socket, or a 54mm socket, since you have the socket for them use you would be on you way in no time, if you didn't you would be stuck for a while. Its the same situation if you had wheel locks on you car and you don't carry the wheel lock key, you would be SOL.

I have the socket. Where are you going to carry the socket? It's 2 1/2" in diameter and about the same in height. It won't fit under the seat. Its big enough that if you hit someone in the head with it, you could kill them. You'd have to wear a backpack for the socket alone.

MX Tuner

· #14 · Jul 23, 2007

Tricolore said:
It's nice to hear that all your US Ducati dealers are so switched on.....can't believe the bike's been out for 7 months and they haven't got the tool to remove the rear wheel.

"All" the US dealers? You're assuming a lot there.... This is the first I've heard of one that doesn't have one.

But certainly "our" US dealers aren't even close to the quality your dealers are. Maybe someday if we try really, REALLY hard, we can be as good as you.... with the proper training, of course.

Tricolore

· #15 · Jul 23, 2007

MX Tuner said:
"All" the US dealers? You're assuming a lot there.... This is the first I've heard of one that doesn't have one.

Yes, OK, maybe that was an incorrect generalisation...........no disrespect intended. However, from many different threads on here, I do get the feeling that the general quality/knowledge of many US dealers does seem lower than in the UK, and that's not to say we don't have bad dealers over here too.

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