I don't know about you guys but I find the removal and installation of the rear wheel a bit of a pain. The main issue is that on my bike at least, when I get everything loose and the axle out, and then try to remove wheel, the hub wants to slide off of the rubber dampers. The dampers fall out and jam the wheel to the point that I cant get the wheel out of the swing arm. I have to slowly rotate the wheel and dig out each rubber damper and then I can get it out. This last time (4th rear tire change) I came up with trick that helped a lot so I thought I would share.
Before I removed the wheel, I tied the hub together with strong core. It is easy to do and it only took a few minutes. Like this:
This is what it looks like with the wheel out:
This little trick made it sooooo much easier to get the wheel in and out because everything stayed together.
The other trick I will pass along that I read here on the forum and now use is that when you get ready to put the wheel in, put the axle part way into the LEFT side. That will make it much easier to get the gear aligned and pushed into the final drive. Once you have the gear in you can remove the axle from the left side and install it in the right as normal.
Hope this helps;
John ::26::
Before I removed the wheel, I tied the hub together with strong core. It is easy to do and it only took a few minutes. Like this:
This is what it looks like with the wheel out:
This little trick made it sooooo much easier to get the wheel in and out because everything stayed together.
The other trick I will pass along that I read here on the forum and now use is that when you get ready to put the wheel in, put the axle part way into the LEFT side. That will make it much easier to get the gear aligned and pushed into the final drive. Once you have the gear in you can remove the axle from the left side and install it in the right as normal.
Hope this helps;
John ::26::