 Removing the rear wheel
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Just wondering how you guys remove the rear wheel on your Speedies & BA's? If on a work stand? If on a centre stand? If on a side stand? I have a Rivco Centre stand and even on the centre stand it is impossible to remove the rear wheel due to the very substantial rear mudguard. What I've found works when on the centre stand is to remove the 6 retaining bolts for the rear guard and disconnect the wiring harness that runs along under the rear guard at the plug under the seat. It is then a snack to lift off the guard and have instant access to removing the rear wheel. I'll leave my question about techniques members use in lining up the back wheel for another post. I just had a new Avon Venom tyre fitted to the rear today.A nice looking tyre, I hope it performs as good as it looks? 
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Should be Riding
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Wow. Having a motorsickle jack I would not go to the trouble of removing the rear fender in order to remove the rear wheel. Hum, your air box must be removed as there are two allen head bolts that attach the leading edge of the rear fender to the air box.
As far a lining it all back up, after over 10 years, the beast would not slip in to rear drop outs this past June. Must have been the Montana air.
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I have a motorcycle jack and a lift with a removable plate either one works.Could hang the rear tire off an edge somewhere with the bike on the center stand or cover a hole with plywood put it on the stand and remove the wood etc...
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I use my motorcycle jack. Getting the wheel off it a piece of cake, getting it back on is usually a pain in the ass
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I use my motorcycle jack. Getting the wheel off it a piece of cake, getting it back on is usually a pain in the ass
+1, seems ya need three hands and two beers to reinstall the suckers.
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Ya, usually takes a couple of wood blocks under the wheel to assist the two hands during reassembly. Once the lift is high enough I'll put a block under the front wheel, too, so the bike doesn't tip forward when the rear wheel is released.
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I use my motorcycle jack. Getting the wheel off it a piece of cake, getting it back on is usually a pain in the ass
+1, seems ya need three hands and two beers to reinstall the suckers.
+2 And a little bit of cussing 
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+2 And a little bit of cussing
that comes as natural as breathing to me 
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Good to see that regardless of the method for rear wheel removal, getting that big sucker back in is a bit of a test of one's patience. Slipping the rotor back between the brake pads, hoping those two wheel spacers stay in place (usually they don't) slipping the axle in and through the wheel bearings hoping the all components stay aligned and the axle alignment plates stay central and haven't dropped. And like it has been said already, that wheel is no light weight. And women reckon we can't multi-task? 
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I use my motorcycle jack. Getting the wheel off it a piece of cake, getting it back on is usually a pain in the ass
+1, seems ya need three hands and two beers to reinstall the suckers.
+2 And a little bit of cussing
+3 and few more beers jus to cool down... 
I use a motorcycle jack and balance the tire on a small (1 ton) floor jack to line everything up when reinstalling the tire...works okay..but it is still a bit of a challenge.
Karl
Odessa, MO
'07 America, Cinnamon Girl (aka: Black Beauty or Ol' Penny) - Sit Down, Shut Up & Hang On
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getting it back on is usually a pain in the ass
No crap!!! The last time I changed the tire, my son had to be the "third hand". That things a muther! Lining up the disk brake, spacers and axel is darn difficult! (By the way, I can change the rear wheel on my old Trumpet in about 10 minutes, by myself.)
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... Slipping the rotor back between the brake pads, ...
That is the problem. Remove the caliper, then bolt it back up after the wheel is in place. Same goes for the front wheel too.
Have the wheel up under the fender with the chain on the chain ring. Then slide the axle through the left drop out enough to hold the caliper plate in place. Place the spacers where they belong. Then slowly lower the bike over the wheel. You'll have to shift the tire to the right as you lower the bike. Having the wheel perpendicular will allow the right spacer to clear the adjuster bracket. Once that occurs, lower the bike until the drop out holes are at the height of the wheel center. Then while pulling the wheel backwards (you didn't loosen the adjusters did you?) (that's why you have to pull the wheel rearward) push the axle through the left side of the wheel. Then look to ensure that the right side lines up. Then using the heel of you hand, push the axle home. DONE. Easy as pie.
The time it takes to remove the caliper, is less than the time it takes to readjust the chain. Leave the chain adjusters alone when removing the wheel. BTW you can leave the caliper in place, just make sure you had a Dr. graft another arm on your torso. (or have a helper near by)
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I really don't find it hard to put back in place, I push the axle in from the left side (caliper side).
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Ok all joking aside, I actually do it pretty much the way Moe described. But I still have a problem with the left spacer wanting to fall out on me. It has been getting easier each time I do it, but that first time was a huge PITA!
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All in a days work brother. There is a method for the maddness.
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This is my technique...
I picked up a spare axle from pinwall on the cheap and I will use the spare as a guide on the right side to hold that side up as I lift the wheel and set the permanent axle from the left side. Goes on like butter and my beer doesn't get cold!
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fwiw
Getting the spacers between the drop-outs is usually the challenge. Holding a 'side up' is not, as the lift lowers the drop-outs to match the wheel center.
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