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Rear wheel
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To remove the rear wheel
WARNING
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To avoi d injury, securely support the
vehicle so there is no d anger of it
fallin g over.
1. Disconnect the brake torque rod
from the brake shoe plate by re-
moving the cotter pin, the nut and
the bolt.
2. Remove the brake pedal free play adjusting nut, and then discon-
nect the brake rod at the brake
camshaft lever. 3. Fully loosen the locknut and the
drive chain slack adjusting nut on
both ends of the swingarm.
4. Loosen the axle nut.
5. Lift the rear wheel off the ground according to the procedure on
page 7-29.
6. Remove the axle nut, washer and the drive chain puller at the left-
hand side, then pull the wheel axle
out together with the drive chain
puller from the right-hand side.
1. Brake torque rod
2. Cotter pin
3. Brake torque rod bolt and nut
4. Brake shoe plate
1. Brake rod
2. Brake pedal free play adjusting nut
3. Brake camshaft lever
4. Wheel axle
1. Axle nut
2. Washer
3. Drive chain puller
4. Drive chain slack adjusting nut
5. Locknut
1 23 5
4
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7. Push the wheel forward, and then
remove the drive chain from the
rear sprocket.
TIP
The drive chain does not need to be
disassembled in order to remove and
install the wheel.
8. Remove the wheel.
To install the rear wheel 1. Install the drive chain onto the rear sprocket.
2. Lift the rear wheel off the ground, and then install the drive chain
puller and the wheel by inserting
the wheel axle from the right-hand
side.
3. Install the drive chain puller, wash- er and axle nut.
4. Lower the rear wheel so that it is on the ground, and then put the
sidestand down.
5. Install the brake rod onto the brake camshaft lever, and then in-
stall the brake pedal free play ad-
justing nut onto the brake rod.
6. Connect the brake torque rod to the brake shoe plate by installing
the bolt and nut, and then tighten
the nut to the specified torque. 7. Insert a new cotter pin.
8. Adjust the drive chain slack. (See
page 7-20.)
9. Tighten the axle nut to the speci- fied torque.
10. Adjust the brake pedal free play. (See page 7-19.)
Tightenin g torque:
Brake torque rod nut: 26 Nm (2.6 m·kgf, 19 ft·lbf)
Ti ghtenin g torque:
Axle nut: 60 Nm (6.0 m·kgf, 43 ft·lbf)
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