Johnny

I have not taken mine off, but I bought a set for a project.  They have a bolt through the back, from inside the bike, an allen head, I think they are outisde and I am inside.  Try looking behind them and see what you can see.

Mike

Shoot, I was trying to avoid taking off the wheel.  Maybe when I have my rear brakes replaced, I could ask them to take them off for me.

Thanks thus far for the responses!

I will do the front brakes, but I'm not going to mess around with taking off the back wheel, the belt, and the brake.  I leave that to the professionals, just my opinion.  I don't want to be driving down the road and my wheel fall off.  I only do things I feel comfortable doing.

Seen to many friends think they where "mechanics" and end up screwing up things cause they have no idea what they are doing.  My bike is not a learning experience and it is the only one I got.

P.S. I wonder if I could saw those pegs off with a heavy duty saw of some sort.

verslagen1 wrote on 03/03/09 at 18:15:30:


Thanks for the help!

A screw up that could possibly lose a rear wheel? While its true I just cant wrap my head around Calculus & that fact does not invalidate Calculus, I just cant grasp how it would be possible to lose the rear wheel. The belt can stay on, All thats required is REmove the wingnut from the brake actuator rod, loosening the Big Nut all the way off, loosen the adjusters, pull the axle, Push forward on the wheel & let it fall enough to tilt enough to pull the brake shoe carrier out, wheel & tire can stay in there, because the spacers being out allow it to move enough. Keep an eye on them, IIRC, one is longer than the other.

I had never worked on a bike & I was scared of this thing, but after a few small projects, it stopped being scary. You seem so sure of yourself in so many ways. I am truly surprised to find out the bikes basic maintenance worries you. But, I do understand. Honestly, tho, Johnny, this is easy stuff here. Maybe if youll get a biook, look at it, then just go sit & look at the job & think about it a couple of days, read the book some more, tal;k about it here, make your plan & walk off into it. I know Ill do my best to help. Your bike, do what you can live with, buit you know you're young & if you step out now & get out of that comfort zone, by the time you are in your 30's you'll have a set of tools & be doing all your maintenace & havce saved 10 times what you spent on the tools AND have your bike, in your garage, instead of sitting in a mechanic shop on a pretty day.

Best of luck, whichever way you go, Dude!

Jonny,

I know how you feel.  The first time I took my back wheel off and put it back on, I kept waiting for the bike to fall apart.  You know what...it didn't.  To my surprise everything held together.  Since then I have taken just about everything apart and put it back together.  It's really not that hard...just don't be in a hurry and make sure you put things back together tight.

But if you are afraid to do it yourself, by all means, have a "professional" do it... then wonder if HE was in a hurry and forgot to do something right.  

i used a cutting wheel to shave the peg locks down and used a shortened allen wrench to hold the bolt then spun the peg off, kinda a pain but i didnt want to take the wheel off either, after the threaded bolt was exposed i cut it flush and pushed it out the back...