| Author | Message | ||
     Ponti1 |
I'm pulling my rear wheel to get a new tire tomorrow morning, and am having one dilemma...the pinch bolt. I have the bike up on my pitbull stands, and can't fire out how in the world I'm supposed to get to the pinch bolt with the stand in the way. The area is open where the allen end fits into the bolt head, but with the stand in the way I have no way to turn the thing. Anyone have tips? | ||
| Fresnobuell |
Loosen the pinch bolt when the wheel is on the ground. | ||
| Jdugger |
I hang my bike to change the tire. But, there's no reason not to loosen the pinch bolt (you don't need to remove it) while on the side stand, and then upright the bike on the rear stand. | ||
| Bikejunky |
That just made me laugh. sometimes i forget the obvious too!  | ||
| Ponti1 |
Never mind...The answer is a 12" extension! Thank you all for playing...you will receive your consolation prize in 4-6 weeks. I had a 10" extension on there, and it looked like I only had about an inch of space between the wrench and the floor. Turns out all I needed was another Yeungling and a 12" extension. All is now right in the world. By the way, there is absolutely no need to remove the brake caliper. Those feisty engineers must just be causing mischief. I just took off the upper belt guard, loosened the pinch bolt, loosened the axle a bit to slip off the belt, and then pulled the axle the rest of the way out. The wheel slides right out without the rotor even touching the pads. | ||
| Jdugger |
> By the way, there is absolutely no need to remove the brake caliper. I've tried this a couple of times and the caliper gets stuck in the wheel. There must be a magic height above the ground which makes it all right with the world or something... | ||
| Fresnobuell |
Aren't the pads always in contact with the rotor? In any case, good job on getting the wheel out without removing the caliper. Next time I'll try harder to do it that way. | ||
| Bud |
i notiched the newer models have a little more clearens to remove the wheel with out removing with caliper if it,s really tight, you can alway grind a little off the left side from the swing arm | ||
| Xbswede |
"I've tried this a couple of times and the caliper gets stuck in the wheel. There must be a magic height above the ground which makes it all right with the world or something..." I have had the same issue. Would be interesting to see how that is exactly done. May have to investigate when I do it again | ||
| Duggram |
Ponti, please tell us the trick! I change my rear tire often and it would help. When I was at Vegas in Jan both Josh Bryan (Latus rider) and Ronnie Saner (Latus team chief) told me it was no problem. I should have asked them to show me, but they were a little busy. I remember Josh saying that there was a trick, but I can't remember it (old and feeble mind). | ||
| Duggram |
Bud, I should have read your post before commenting. I will try grinding the inside of the brake side of the swingarm in a few weeks. | ||
| Buellishxx |
If you loosen the fender bolts on the swing arm, it will give you enough room to swing the wheel up and then back to get it out. I removed the belt guards completely as it's a track bike only. | ||
| Bud |
I will try grinding the inside of the brake side of the swingarm in a few weeks the other side !!( left side swingarm ) , just start with a little, 1 - 2 mm off the swingarm axle carrier ( i don't know the right word for it ) the alu thing the axle goose through then you can pivot the wheel rim just around the brake caliper no worries about distance / alinement rear wheel. becouse the right side of the swingarm makes the wheel alinement | ||
| Fresnobuell |
I would rather remove the brake caliper than start grinding stuff off the swingarm. Seems like the solution is more trouble than the problem. | ||
| Duggram |
Hey thanks Bud! I'll also try the loosen the fender method. Great tips. |
