rear tire

[ORCA]

Ok got a new Corsa rear tire...Gotta ask how the heck do you guys pull the darn thing off AND KEEP THE BIKE UP! Are you using a forklift? and strap? or a jack under the motor or what! I feel real stupid trying to get the tire off to take it and have the new one put on without going to the triumph dealer. Sean...

[tekmoe]

you need some type of stand that will lift the rear of the bike on the sprocket side. then you need a 46mm socket to remove the nut to pull the wheel off. a hoist would also work to lift the rear of the bike.

[Hairball]

You need a helluva big breaker bar!
I have a 1/2" drive breaker and it is not long enough, I am going to pick up a 2 foot length of 3/4" pipe to add more length to my breaker bar.

I'm going to keep the bike on the floor to break the nut loose, Then lift the bike to remove tire.

Wish me luck!

[speedtrip30]

That nuts ***** tight isn't it. I get my wife to sit on the bike holding the brakes on and use a pipe on a breaker bar. Once the nut is loosened I stick a bottle jack under the suspension link on the right hand side and jack the wheel up. Make sure your handle bars a turned fully to the left.

[Speed3]

Before I got my stands, I used tie downs from rafters to hold up the bike. I loosened the big nut first.

[kuhlka]

Procedure for removing rear wheel;

1 - Remove retaining pin/clip

2 - Use 46mm or standard equivalent socket. Put the bike on it's side stand with the rear wheel on the ground in 1st gear (to keep the wheel from rolling forward when you put the wheel back on). Use socket on a breaker bar to LOOSEN rear axle nut (right, non-sprocketed side of bike) turning anti-clockwise.

3 - Raise the rear wheel off the ground by one of several ways; rearstand, centerstand, jack under the swingarm, or raising the rear end via ropes/pulley or engine hoist.

4 - Remove rear axle nut. Remove washers and keep them in order to ease reinstallation.

5 - remove wheel carefully so you don't damage any threads on the axle.


Having a center stand or rear stand makes this procedure a LOT easier.

[Mesoam]

i thought torque for that nut is only 100 something ftlbs? shouldn't be that bad :???:

[Avi8or]

146Nm. That's sheet tight.

[02S3]

I have a rear stand but it wouldn't work for my 12k mile service when I had to lube the rear wheel bearing. I had to remove the axle in which the rear stand fits. I devised a different way to lift the rear end.

My work bench has a lower shelf that is low enough that the front tire will hit it. I bought a couple of folding hooks and attached them to the front of the lower shelf. I pull the bike up to the shelf, flip the hooks out and use 2 tie downs to secure the bike. Then I place a floor jack under the swingarm just in front of the rear wheel. The rear is lifted and it won't fall over.

*ETA* I use a pneumatic impact wench to remove the nut and I don't have to weight the rear while in doing so.

[ This message was edited by: 02S3 on 2006-09-10 00:36 ]