Rear wheel removal

[Tonyunn]

I have a problem with the valve on my rear tyre, how easy is it to remove the rear wheel, I have a paddock stand is it straight forward.

The reason being is no one wants to deal with the tyre still on the bike.

[Dalemac]

I have a problem with the valve on my rear tyre, how easy is it to remove the rear wheel, I have a paddock stand is it straight forward.

The reason being is no one wants to deal with the tyre still on the bike.

Yeah, its pretty simple. Do you have a torque wrench so you can tighten it back up properly afterwards?

All you have to do is loosen the rear axle nut, put the bike on the paddock stand, completely remove the axle nut, pull the axel out, push the wheel forward and remove the chain from the sprocket.

Its probably a 3 minute job.

Dale

[Tonyunn]

Yes I have thanks and for the information, I thought as much.
Just once the wheel is off your stuffed to moving it around so I wanted to make sure.
I will plan a time to do it.

[mangocrazy]

Getting the wheel off is always the easy bit - getting it back on can be more tricky. Before I take the wheel off, with the bike on the paddock stand, I normally chock the wheel with a suitably sized piece of wood underneath so that it's an interference fit between wood and tyre.

That means that when I come to put the wheel back on, the wheel is at the right height relative to all the other components and the path for the spindle to follow is all lined up, making for a smooth insertion (oo-er, missus...)

Also, if you can find something the same diameter as the spindle (but shorter) it's not a bad idea to use that as a placeholder for the brake torque arm/carrier once the wheel is back in position, as that has a habit of wanting to slope off as you're feeding the spindle through.

[Aladinsaneuk]

alternativly, leave the bike in a back road in liverpool for 20 minutes - on your return the back wheel will have gone... as will the rest of the bike but.....

[Tonyunn]

Problem may have been solved, I took it up to kwik-Fit and the guy said that the core of the valve was loose and tightened it up, put 42psi into it and I will check tomorrow to see if it was that daft a problem.