thought i would check over my chain and bearings earlier todayas it wasnt good enough weather to ride, so i got the rear wheel off fine and checked it all over. Thing is it took me 2 hours to get it all back on as the axle bar wouldnt line up through the calipers.
During this the bike came off its stand and crashed to the floor ruining the fairing and brake handle....So STRESSFUL was just trying to look after it an it does this to me. once it was on i chucked it in the garage and cried.....gonna do the adjustor nuts tomoro and hopefully it will all line up properly and i wont kill myself!..gonna go look for some faring on ebay now
I remeber the rear wheel was a bit of a pain on my one, believe me on a bigger bike it's much worse. I always found it easiest to sit cross legged with the wheel resting on my legs for support and just use them to fine tune it's position with the spindle as I use the other arm to support the wheel.
I remember the bugge rthing was putting the wheel on without dislodging a bearing.
A nice greasy pole always helps ;) If you need a hand mate, let me know and I'll see if I can get to you.
Yer unfortunately i was to busy to try and find my big greasy pole...but the bearings dislodging was annoying me so much i felt like putting my head round the chain and revving the engine
If you're doing on the floor I find the best way is to wedge your foot under the wheel while sat behind it on the floor. Then you can lift the wheel with your foot by pivoting on your heal whilst pulling the wheel back with one hand and putting the spindle in with the other. If you have a ramp thenyou can use a very sophisticated and technical tool called a shovel.
Abba stands and single-sided swing arms are the way forward, dude. Mine worked a dream removing my back wheel.
I had to interrupt my Missus from the washing up if she could help and I'd repay her by doing the rest of it for her. After we shook hands and agreed, I pointed to the gauge on the torque wrench and said "20nm. See you in a bit"
Was it on a paddock stand?
