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Message started by tmaxx on 03/08/12 at 14:54:18

Title: need help with rear wheel!
Post by tmaxx on 03/08/12 at 14:54:18

Hey guys im young and new to motorcycles and i just recently bought a 1998 suzuki ls650...well the guy had all of the bike covered when he stored it except the rear and front wheels...so im pulling the take and both fenders off to repaint but i haven't figured out how to pull the rear wheel off? can someone please help me out and fully explain to me how to go about removing the rear wheel. Thanks ;D

Title: Re: need help with rear wheel!
Post by greenmonster on 03/08/12 at 15:00:22

basics:

Jack up the back end.
Take off the belt.
Undo the brake.
Pull out the axle.

Welcome to the forum. This bike is a great one to learn some wrenching skills on. You'll probably want to get yourself a Clymer, it's a godsend.

Title: Re: need help with rear wheel!
Post by greenmonster on 03/08/12 at 15:04:39

http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1181745927

Under Rear Suspension and Brakes there are a couple good threads that should answer most of your questions.

You'll probably want to bookmark that thread as well since it's a gathering of a lot of knowledge.

Title: Re: need help with rear wheel!
Post by tmaxx on 03/08/12 at 15:05:06

ill give it a swing! Thanks alot

Title: Re: need help with rear wheel!
Post by verslagen1 on 03/08/12 at 15:19:24

don't need to take wheel off to get off fender.

take off rails
take off left shock and belt guard
you can take the right shock off too if you need more room.
just need to lift rear with jack.

Title: Re: need help with rear wheel!
Post by EJID on 03/08/12 at 15:23:25

3D2E3938272A2C2E257A4B0 wrote:

don't need to take wheel off to get off fender.

take off rails
take off left shock and belt guard
you can take the right shock off too if you need more room.
just need to lift rear with jack.

+1

I didn't take my rear wheel off when I pulled the rear fender

Title: Re: need help with rear wheel!
Post by bill67 on 03/08/12 at 16:39:55

I just took off my rear wheel to day to get a new tire on it,What a pain it was,The axle bolt hits the stock muffler you have to that off both shocks and do a lot a twisting around and a lot of parts off,I've had about 15 motorcycles and this is by far the hardest to do anything with.

Title: Re: need help with rear wheel!
Post by Oldfeller on 03/08/12 at 18:55:33

Bill, it helps to install the axle from the left side of the bike, it makes that muffler problem go away from now on.

Title: Re: need help with rear wheel!
Post by BrettKeiselsbeard on 03/08/12 at 19:01:12

there is a great thread in the tech section on how to make a cheap lift. I imagine money is not in abundance. Making the lift makes life much easier. As to removing the wheel, you have had advice. Putting it back, take your time and make sure everything lines up. Its that simple.

8-)

Title: Re: need help with rear wheel!
Post by tmaxx on 03/08/12 at 19:56:49

i didn't have to pull the belt cover or shocks, and the wheel came off really easy no binding up or anything and i cleaned it all up and put it back together to keep things straight while i paint my fenders

Title: Re: need help with rear wheel!
Post by bill67 on 03/09/12 at 03:19:00

44676F6D6E67676E790B0 wrote:

Bill, it helps to install the axle from the left side of the bike, it makes that muffler problem go away from now on.

Thanks OF thats a good idea.

Title: Re: need help with rear wheel!
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 03/09/12 at 07:48:26

Tell me you didnt put it back in the hard way, Bill,, please.

Title: Re: need help with rear wheel!
Post by greenmonster on 03/09/12 at 08:15:02

Stock muffler was the first thing to go on Nessy so I can't say if it would have been in the way.

Title: Re: need help with rear wheel!
Post by bill67 on 03/09/12 at 08:50:42

5B444245585F6E5E6E56444803310 wrote:

Tell me you didnt put it back in the hard way, Bill,, please.

I didn't put it back on yet,Having the dealer do the tires,I sure don't want to take it off again right a way again.

Title: Re: need help with rear wheel!
Post by Routy on 03/10/12 at 16:35:11

Did I hear that right,....you havin a dealer do what again ?

Replacing the tire was the easy part for me, but when I went to put all the spacers back in,.....after they rolled all over the place when I pulled the axle out, it all came to a halt ! I had 2 beers and it didn't help one bit. But Savage.com came to the rescue,......some nice guy here posted the illistration of the rear assy. And all that after I "knew" that you have to watch how it comes apart !

Title: Re: need help with rear wheel!
Post by Cavie on 03/10/12 at 16:57:07

'05 Nothing to remove except the brake rod, belt and the axel. Don't know about the mffler. I have a Dyna. Can not understand why you took the shocks off. Belt cover makes sence if you have one all the way back to the rear drive pully.

Title: Re: need help with rear wheel!
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 03/10/12 at 20:11:19

252A302B37312220282631430 wrote:

I had 2 beers and it didn't help one bit.

Well DUHHH! How much help you think there IS in TWO beers? Man,, you shouldnt even TOUCH a wrench till youve had 3.. HA! I hope you learned your lesson,,

Title: Re: need help with rear wheel!
Post by Savage_Rob on 03/10/12 at 23:36:38

I grew up drawing sketches and labeling parts as I disassembled. Digital cameras make that so much easier nowadays. I still label some parts though.

Title: Re: need help with rear wheel!
Post by bill67 on 03/11/12 at 04:24:21

6765726D61040 wrote:

The dyna is smaller at the end and maybe shorter than stock muffler,The axle bolt just hit enough it wouldn,t come out,One inch shorter and there would have been no problem,I just looked at as picture of the new S40,I have longer shocks with stock shocks it would have come out.