Coyote Chris
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Took off the rear wheel today and had the dealer put on my new PR3 rear, then put the wheel back. The crow' s foot 27 mm worked well on the axel nut but I need a crows foot 14 mm to get the right torque on the stop bolt.
I read all I could and watched the videos before I did all of this so for fun, I timed myself. For instance, I layed out all the tools I would need to remove the rear fender, then hit the stop watch. Took 6 min 30 seconds to get it off and
8 min and 30 seconds to get it back on at the end. I loosed the front muff attach bolt then held the rear muff attach nut and loosened the rear muff attach bolt. That took about two minutes....not sure it did much good.
Removing the wheel took about 20 minutes cause the stop bolt didnt want to come out...I could do it in 15 min now, easy.
Putting the wheel back in wasnt too bad, but I took pics I will put up on my photobucket site if anyone wants to see how to use the crow's foot.
Like most people, I pretty much used the standard technique to put the wheel back.
1. Put the wheel into the hub after lubing both, shove the axel in till it is flush on the right side of the wheel. (Dont forget the collar and slide collar)
2. Put on the caliper and shove in the stop bolt into its hole.
3. Align the caliper hole the axel goes through and using a rubber mallet, gently push and tap the axel in. Screw in pinch and stop bolts loosely.
4. Torque the axel nut, do the bouncy bouncy, and then torque the pinch bolt and caliper stop bolt.
5. retighten muff and put the fender back on. I dont see much use loosening the muff if one has the crows feet.
There are some very nice calculators on the web for converting your torque wrench readings using the crows foot.
http://www.freeinfostuff.com/TorqueExtension/TorqueExtension.htm
The results you get are correct and intuitive....
I feel confident I could do this at a motel or even a rest stop but I really wouldnt want to do it by the side of an interstate in the safety strip....
(here are some pics)
http://s1217.photobucket.com/user/CoyoteChris303/library/#/user/CoyoteChris303/library/NT700v wheel?sort=3&page=1&_suid=1365745204772025019884410250387
I read all I could and watched the videos before I did all of this so for fun, I timed myself. For instance, I layed out all the tools I would need to remove the rear fender, then hit the stop watch. Took 6 min 30 seconds to get it off and
8 min and 30 seconds to get it back on at the end. I loosed the front muff attach bolt then held the rear muff attach nut and loosened the rear muff attach bolt. That took about two minutes....not sure it did much good.
Removing the wheel took about 20 minutes cause the stop bolt didnt want to come out...I could do it in 15 min now, easy.
Putting the wheel back in wasnt too bad, but I took pics I will put up on my photobucket site if anyone wants to see how to use the crow's foot.
Like most people, I pretty much used the standard technique to put the wheel back.
1. Put the wheel into the hub after lubing both, shove the axel in till it is flush on the right side of the wheel. (Dont forget the collar and slide collar)
2. Put on the caliper and shove in the stop bolt into its hole.
3. Align the caliper hole the axel goes through and using a rubber mallet, gently push and tap the axel in. Screw in pinch and stop bolts loosely.
4. Torque the axel nut, do the bouncy bouncy, and then torque the pinch bolt and caliper stop bolt.
5. retighten muff and put the fender back on. I dont see much use loosening the muff if one has the crows feet.
There are some very nice calculators on the web for converting your torque wrench readings using the crows foot.
http://www.freeinfostuff.com/TorqueExtension/TorqueExtension.htm
The results you get are correct and intuitive....
I feel confident I could do this at a motel or even a rest stop but I really wouldnt want to do it by the side of an interstate in the safety strip....
(here are some pics)
http://s1217.photobucket.com/user/CoyoteChris303/library/#/user/CoyoteChris303/library/NT700v wheel?sort=3&page=1&_suid=1365745204772025019884410250387
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