Wheel spindle nut size help?

Folks,

I'm looking to replace both my front and rear spindle nuts on my 2000 RSV.

They are both M25 x 1.50mm. However, almost everywhere I've seen selling them states the front one is 30mm socket sized and the rear is 32mm?. Why the difference in socket size if the actual nuts are both the same size?.

Also, will a rear nut fit the front spindle does anyone know?. I realise that might sound like a daft question but there's a place online selling rear anodised ones for half price and I was wondering if I bought two if I could fit one to the front and one to the rear considering they are the same size nut albeit different socket sizes?. :devious

Hi mate, they are 30mm front and 32mm rear and need to be specific, sorry to be the bringer of bad news:thumbup

A wee linky to the Half price "anodised ones" would be nice ...

Hi pat, both M&P and Busters are doing them for £9.00 ish :-

http://busters.netalogue.net/clearance/productinfo/ETTB001TI/Bodywork/Fasteners/Evotech

http://www.mandp.co.uk/clearance/list/Bodywork/Fasteners/Evotech

But apparently the reason the rear is a 32mm is because it requires a higher torque figure to tighten to the correct setting. The front is a lower torque setting. So you could use two rears, one on the front and one on the rear if you wanted to but not two fronts as the front one isn't beefier enough. Not sure if the rear nut would look strange on the front to be honest although the images on the websites of those Evotech ones showing fronts and rears in different colours look identical.

RSV_Ecosse said:

Hi pat, both M&P and Busters are doing them for £9.00 ish :-

http://busters.netalogue.net/clearance/productinfo/ETTB001TI/Bodywork/Fasteners/Evotech

http://www.mandp.co.uk/clearance/list/Bodywork/Fasteners/Evotech

But apparently the reason the rear is a 32mm is because it requires a higher torque figure to tighten to the correct setting. The front is a lower torque setting. So you could use two rears, one on the front and one on the rear if you wanted to but not two fronts as the front one isn't beefier enough. Not sure if the rear nut would look strange on the front to be honest although the images on the websites of those Evotech ones showing fronts and rears in different colours look identical.

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Pity it's busters and m&p,they overcharge for postage to my postcode,cos I live on a fecking island,I told them yes I do live on an island ,the SAME FECKING ONE AS YOU, its called the British mainland,feckers...
they seam to think that Kintyre is an island,idiots.lol

but cheers for the linky...

pat said:

Pity it's busters and m&p,they overcharge for postage to my postcode,cos I live on a fecking island,I told them yes I do live on an island ,the SAME FECKING ONE AS YOU, its called the British mainland,feckers...
they seam to think that Kintyre is an island,idiots.lol

but cheers for the linky...

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just checked the postage....£10.50,they can work it ,robbin cnuts....

LOL!!!. Thats a scandal. Over a tenner to post two bloody spindle nuts??!!!.

RSV_Ecosse said:

LOL!!!. Thats a scandal. Over a tenner to post two bloody spindle nuts??!!!.

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thats for one,I sent them an email asking them to explain there rip off postage costs...
I'll wait for a reply...lol