01-05-2014, 11:49 PM
Shop manual is VERY vague. Not unlike step 4 in another shop manual stated: Remove the transmission.
Kinda like: remove the sparkplugs and the back three are tucked under the firewall.
The main difficulty was in getting the swing arm torque block into the slot of the caliper. It has to come back a far amount. Easy to do with no wheel in place since you can simply drop it on the block. If I attempt to put the Caliper on the block and slide the wheel in place there is no room to either drop the chain up or down. If I had three or four hands I might be able to hold the chain open (so it was around the sprocket but not yet installed).
It's a very crowded place back there (and the spacers would get kitty wampus at times making everything harder but that is one aspect of the job I expect to happen.
If you guys knew how easy it was to drop and reinstall the rear wheel on a Moto Guzzi Quota. As easy as falling down.
The whole affair reminded me of trying to reinstall the rear tire on a buddies CR450. We had similar problems and there were two of us. At some point magic happened and it kinda fell into place but I don't recall exactly what we did.
Kinda like: remove the sparkplugs and the back three are tucked under the firewall.
The main difficulty was in getting the swing arm torque block into the slot of the caliper. It has to come back a far amount. Easy to do with no wheel in place since you can simply drop it on the block. If I attempt to put the Caliper on the block and slide the wheel in place there is no room to either drop the chain up or down. If I had three or four hands I might be able to hold the chain open (so it was around the sprocket but not yet installed).
It's a very crowded place back there (and the spacers would get kitty wampus at times making everything harder but that is one aspect of the job I expect to happen.
If you guys knew how easy it was to drop and reinstall the rear wheel on a Moto Guzzi Quota. As easy as falling down.
The whole affair reminded me of trying to reinstall the rear tire on a buddies CR450. We had similar problems and there were two of us. At some point magic happened and it kinda fell into place but I don't recall exactly what we did.