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I had to tidy up as it was the end of the day. I don't have a shop so it's sun light or no light. We're still trying to heal the collar bone so in theory I'm supposed to be taking easy on the right arm; so in theory I'm a bit of a gimp still.
But in theory; one should be able to use their head instead of their brawn to fix these things. Besides; she's too new to use much brawn on.
And yes, it is a bit annoying when you spend so much effort on something and the damn thing falls into place while you are looking at it crosseyed. Yesterday I had to use some muscle and some tapping with a plastic dead blow mallet (I have a ten lb and 8 lb sledge hammers for Harley work) but feel like I should not have had to resort to that. sigh
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I don't know what you mean by ....drop the chain up or down
if the chain is looped over the end of the swing arm, the top run of the chain is right there to place onto the sprocket.
for some its easier if you unbolt the caliper from the carrier bracket. Then the bracket is lighter and easier to manage.
after you do it a few times you don't have to loosen the adjusters. Just pull axle and roll wheel forward.
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I tried a couple ways to assemble the rear wheel. A: getting the chain around the sprocket then trying to get the caliper installed. B: installing the caliper then trying to get the chain around the sprocket. When installing the chain it will be either from the top or bottom of the sprocket which means one length of it needs to slide on the outside of the sprocket to get it installed on the opposite side of the sprocket (the top or bottom). This action of either dropping the chain down the side or trying to work it up did not succeed because the gap was too narrow. Kept getting blocked by one or more sprocket bolts and the swing arm.
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I just revised post 12. Does that help? Hanging the chain on the swing arm is essentially holding it open so you don't pass the chain through where the axle goes.
or, you can drape the loop of chain around the inboard side of the sprocket, on a rag so it doesn't scratch the hub, and put it up on the sprocket just before inserting the axle
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I removed the rear wheel when I installed my SuperSprox sprocket. The biggest problem I had was avoiding dings on the wheel from the caliper as it came off. I got one tiny ding. The annoying part is the manual warned that it could happen and I did it anyway.
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Ya, I gotta couple small dings. Annoying. Dean, thanks, I'll review that this evening.
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The wheel paint is beautiful, but it sure is soft. I'm wondering what will happen when they take tire irons to them.
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Changing the rear wheel on a regular swingarm bike is a pain in the butt. I put my foot under the tire to lift the tire/wheel and move it forward/back, and use my hands to put the chain on the sprocket and align the caliper bracket. There's really no other way to do it without a second person, IMO. The only real magic to the whole thing is the wheel has to be just about exactly parallel to the swingarm the entire time, or else stuff won't fit. Even a slight twist to the left or right means the brake caliper isn't going to fit.
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Ah, Bob, I bet my wheel was off center enough to shoot me in the foot.
I was using a tool to wedge the tire up. Folks like us, not built like Arnold, have to learn tricks over the years to compensate for less brawn.
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(01-05-2014, 10:06 AM)Rboe_imp Wrote: Oh man, I've been spoiled rotten with shaft drive motorcycles. Removing and reinstalling have been a breeze.
I took the rear wheel off this afternoon to put on that fancy red tape. It didn't come off as nicely as I'd like but putting it back on was a bear. Son of a gun, I could install the chain then the brake caliper didn't want to get on. Put on the caliper and no room to install the chain.
What is the trick this?
Rboe,
Impossible to install wheel tape without removing the rear wheel? I ordered ProGrip wheel tape and thought I could apply it with my wife rotating the wheel.
