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Title: rear tire removal Post by drums1 on 03/26/08 at 14:21:02 hey guys. back in the saddle after a looooooong cold winter. 1st thing i get--a flat on rear tire. nobody wants to mess with my old '87, so i stand there looking at it saying what the ____ ? i can't figure out how to remove the rear wheel from the bike. i searched the tech section but came up empty. do i unbolt the left side and then pull shaft out? are spacers and stuff going to fall out? any and all tips would be appreciated. TIA :-/ |
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Title: Re: rear tire removal Post by JakeB on 03/26/08 at 14:45:25 You will first need to get a jack or something under the bike so the rear wheel is off the ground. Then remove the left shock and the belt covers. Take off the license plate and undo the rear brake linkage. Then get some thing to put into the hole on the right side of the axle, a drift works well or I've seen people use allen keys. Loosen the nut on the left side of the axle and pull it out. You may need to tap it out with the drift. There are only two spacers that you need to keep track of so note their location and reassemble the axle after the wheel is off with everything in the proper order so you don't forget. To get the belt off push the wheel all the way forward and slide the belt off around the pulley. Once the wheel is off the pulley and brake should just slide out. Remember on reassembly to align the slot on the brake with the tab on the swingarm and readjust your belt. JakeB |
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Title: Re: rear tire removal Post by sluggo on 03/26/08 at 17:10:50 466D67694E0C0 wrote:
i've never had to remove the shock why would i... |
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Title: Re: rear tire removal Post by JakeB on 03/26/08 at 17:15:29 627D6476767E110 wrote:
Hmmm... maybe it's just mine, but I cannot get the upper belt cover off with out removing the shock. Maybe the mounting tabs are bent funny. :-/ |
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Title: Re: rear tire removal Post by demin on 03/26/08 at 17:59:08 When you loosen your adjusters(little bolts with jam nuts at the end of the swingarm)count how many turns you back them off,and write it down.So when you put it back together the wheel will be in the same place.Then if you need to adjust,belt then do it. I don't want to start WWIII here but a manual will help alot.Check tech section,there is an article about the manual online. ;) |
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Title: Re: rear tire removal Post by drums1 on 03/26/08 at 18:28:21 ah yes, the online manual. what was i thinking? the only trouble i'm seeing so far is the drift in the right side. on mine there is no hole to put it in. the right side of the axle looks like a solid cylindrical thing, with what looks like a roll pin through it from the side. well, off to the manual i go. wish me luck. |
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Title: Re: rear tire removal Post by steely on 03/26/08 at 18:38:39 When I had mine off two weeks ago, I didn't have to remove the belt guards. It would have been much easier to put it back together if I had, but I didn't. As long as you have the back wheel off of the ground, this is an easy thing. The spacers are really no big deal, get a piece of cardboard and draw a diagram, then put the spacers in the proper positions on the cardboard. If you have to, put pins in to hold the spacers in place. Fortunately, I have enough garage space to just lay them out in the order they came off. My back axle has a hex head on the bolt end, so I can't help you on the drift pin. :( |
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Title: Re: rear tire removal Post by demin on 03/26/08 at 18:40:48 Try to knock that "roll pin" out chances are somebody broke something off in there,or put something in there thinking that's what was supposed to be in there.I usually stick a phillips screwdriver through the hole. While you're at it.This would be a good time to check the brakes. |
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Title: Re: rear tire removal Post by verslagen1 on 03/26/08 at 18:48:50 Hmmm, plate off axle loose bike up till wheel just touching brake cable off remove axle wheel forward belt off pulley bike up more wheel out :-? oops I was distracted, I don't worry about which spacer goes where, greasy one goes pulley side, clean one brake side. |
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Title: Re: rear tire removal Post by steely on 03/26/08 at 18:58:09 4B584F4E515C5A58530C3D0 wrote:
Well, and succinctly put. |
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Title: Re: rear tire removal Post by YonuhAdisi on 03/26/08 at 21:25:17 3E2D3A3B24292F2D2679480 wrote:
You forgot cuss like crazy when wrench slips and you bang your hand, and the pauses to drink your beer while waiting for hand to stop throbbing. |
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Title: Re: rear tire removal Post by verslagen1 on 03/26/08 at 21:39:22 794F4E55486144495349200 wrote:
I drink the beer 1st, I'm in the pain reduction plan. ;D Enough beers, problem solved... can't find wrench. :o |
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Title: Re: rear tire removal Post by sluggo on 03/27/08 at 10:24:27 416A606E490B0 wrote:
Hmmm... maybe it's just mine, but I cannot get the upper belt cover off with out removing the shock. Maybe the mounting tabs are bent funny. :-/ [/quote] now, why remove the belt cover, never had to do that either. and i've had the back off quite a few times. |
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Title: Re: rear tire removal Post by sluggo on 03/27/08 at 10:27:46 64656D696E000 wrote:
why wouldn't ya want wwIII others try. :D also you gave good advice.....me i have to use a level to align, you see i;ve lost the number after six and before eight. it's a real bummer when i need to do some "cyphering" as jethro would say. :o |
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Title: Re: rear tire removal Post by sluggo on 03/27/08 at 10:29:50 544750514E4345474C13220 wrote:
i like that one. me i just let them fall one to each side of machine then just push them aside. |
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Title: Re: rear tire removal Post by JakeB on 03/27/08 at 20:37:59 67786173737B140 wrote:
Hmmm... maybe it's just mine, but I cannot get the upper belt cover off with out removing the shock. Maybe the mounting tabs are bent funny. :-/ [/quote] now, why remove the belt cover, never had to do that either. and i've had the back off quite a few times. [/quote] I guess I just like to take mine apart more than needed. :-[ Either way it isn't much more work to take all of that off and seems to make everything go a whole lot easier (for me at least). Plus, if you take both shocks off you don't have to lift the wheel up when reinstalling, just the swingarm. |
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Title: Re: rear tire removal Post by drums1 on 04/12/08 at 20:57:09 Well, I finally got it done. Wasn't so bad after all. I didn't remove the belt covers either. And the spacers are pretty much self explainatory. Little one on right, big one on left. The brakes were easy too. They wanted $50 for a new tube and installation, with wheel off bike. So, I just patched the tube and installed it my dang self. The hardest part of the whole job was getting the bike jacked up. My son helped me lift it up onto a stack of 2 by 4's. Teetering all the way but it worked. Thanks for all the hints. |
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