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Is a little play in rear wheel pulley drum okay?
06/11/11 at 13:48:04

When I say play I mean very little. I can push the drum and it wiggles just a tad against the wheel. Should it be totally tight/ no play?

I made a poor man's bike stand (link to instructions were posted somewhere here) and used it today to drop the wheel and get that #$!@* brake side passenger peg off. Plus I wanted to drop the wheel just to learn how to do it.

BTW that rear axle nut is a cheap, vulgar wh*re to remove Angry

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Is a little play in rear wheel pulley drum oka Reply #1 - 06/11/11 at 14:31:04 Thats a Biggo Rubber shock absorber, built into the rear hub. If it gets too sloppy, you can use pieces of an innertube to shim it up. I did & Im tickled with the way it worked.
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Re: Is a little play in rear wheel pulley drum oka
Reply #2 - 06/11/11 at 15:11:59

Axle nut is on the drive side on mine, plenty of room for real tools instead of the piece of tin that came with the bike. Now you've got me wondering if I installed the axle backwards... been that way for years though...

You need a tiny amount of movement in the pulley mount. Design was swiped from the late great KZ440.

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SoE Full Member Offline Rollin' the dice on fire... Posts: 199 East TN Gender:	Re: Is a little play in rear wheel pulley drum oka Reply #3 - 06/11/11 at 15:21:08 The brake is totally snug on the right side, it's just the driven pulley drum that has a tiny bit of play when I push it. The axle nut doesn't want to go any tighter. Should I stand it back up, loosen the nut again and give the axle a few more taps with a rubber mallet and try again?
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Is a little play in rear wheel pulley drum oka Reply #4 - 06/11/11 at 15:24:02 I put the nut on the muff side Cause I can press on the seat to get it off Then slip the shaft out from the other side Yep, that's how I swing.
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Re: Is a little play in rear wheel pulley drum oka
Reply #5 - 06/11/11 at 15:26:10

SoE wrote on 06/11/11 at 15:21:08:

The brake is totally snug on the right side, it's just the driven pulley drum that has a tiny bit of play when I push it.

The axle nut doesn't want to go any tighter. Should I stand it back up, loosen the nut again and give the axle a few more taps with a rubber mallet and try again?

The pulley should have some play as noted before. but check the bearings out sometime, they can wear out. too much play and you'll wear out the dampers.

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SoE Full Member Offline Rollin' the dice on fire... Posts: 199 East TN Gender:	Re: Is a little play in rear wheel pulley drum oka Reply #6 - 06/11/11 at 15:28:48 Thanks. Its probably fine. First time, paranoid & all that.
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Re: Is a little play in rear wheel pulley drum oka
Reply #7 - 06/11/11 at 16:05:30

You could check to make sure the six nuts that mount the pulley to the hub are tight.

As far as function goes, the axle can go in either way as long as the spacers are in the correct positions. Some years have a standard bolt head on one end of the axle while others have a cylindrical section with a transverse hole. I prefer the first type.

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Boofer Serious Thumper Offline Nearly too old. Posts: 1760 N Ms Gender:	Re: Is a little play in rear wheel pulley drum oka Reply #8 - 06/12/11 at 17:18:00 You don't always notice it, but most used bikes have a little slop in the hub bumpers. Not terminal and can be shimmed as needed. Be sure of your bearings while you have it down.
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Re: Is a little play in rear wheel pulley drum oka
Reply #9 - 06/13/11 at 03:07:15

I tried the axle nut on both sides to see if I could get rid of the play but it made no difference. Still a little play but that is normal. A little trick I use to put on the rear wheel back on is I use a big telephone directory book and lay it down flat and open it up till the tire will just roll up and line up with the swing arm holes and just slide the axle thru.

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Is a little play in rear wheel pulley drum oka Reply #10 - 06/13/11 at 05:43:41 Ahh HA! Its the Old Adjustable ramp trick!
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Routy Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2280 Winston Oregon Gender:	Re: Is a little play in rear wheel pulley drum oka Reply #11 - 06/13/11 at 06:36:42 Wow,....I hope I can remember all I read here on this,...I need a new tire soon !
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Boofer Serious Thumper Offline Nearly too old. Posts: 1760 N Ms Gender:	Re: Is a little play in rear wheel pulley drum oka Reply #12 - 06/13/11 at 07:02:00 Stinger, I just measured my phone book at the spine. It is exactly 1/4".
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