Procedure:
Remove brake line wire guide from caliper
Remove brake line clamp off swingarm
Remove caliper from caliper plate
don't disconnect the brake line from the caliper...
Hang caliper
Leave adjusters alone BUT make sure they are on their shoulders.
Remove nut
Support bike on jack to the point where the rear tire barely touches the ground.
Remove axle.
Lift bike a bit higher
Roll wheel forward to take chain off of sprocket.
Lift out caliper plate
Catch wheel spacers.
Jack up bike high enough to remove wheel.
Roll wheel out
Lower jack to a more happy level…
Install:
Position wheel under fender.
Insert caliper plate
Put chain back on sprocket.
Clean then dab some grease on the spacers
Replace wheel spacers
Lower bike to wheel
careful
Insert greased axle from the left just enough to hold the caliper plate
lower/raise bike on jack to align rear drop outs with axle.
When you get the left side aligned push axle in.
Finagle the jack to allow a push of axle through wheel
put (Washer if yours has one) then nut on
Torque.
TRICK: 90 degrees you want the wheel to be with the frame. You will have to shift the wheel to the left as you lower the bike to it. (Jack on the right) When all is good, that is, the spacers are against the adjusters and the caliper plate is in line...PULL the wheel back to you as you sit behind the rear wheel and using your left foot kick the axel in. (you will not be able to kick it hard enough to damage anything). You'll have to pull and look to ensure alignment first, as when you are not pulling, the wheel will not be far enough back. That way when you do a for real pull, you know that the axle should shove in enough to set you up for the final push. As long as you can get the axle in a bit you can fine tune the horizontal with the jack. A rubber mallet helps save the palm of your hand. Use the rubber mallet once you are sure things are aligned up. Meaning that the axle is inserted from the left to at least an inch or so in wheel hub, and that the wheel is 90 degrees to the horizon, and the axle is horizontal to the floor. Then you pull once again the wheel back and using the mallet, nudge the axle home. Yes a one handed pull. Critical that the wheel almost floats on the floor. Too high or too low will cause a binding of the axle.
OKAY: Since you’re a wheel newbie, loosen the adjusters so the chain tension doesn’t come into play when you reinstall the rear wheel. However you must adjust the chain after rear wheel re-install should you mess with the adjusters....
Last edited by moe; 03/23/2010 5:52 AM.
