mojohand40
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I'm curious as to what others say, as I'm no expert. But, I did take off the rear wheel and put it back on yesterday, so here's my advice from that:
1) Mark spacers and belt adjusters "right" or "left" with a sharpie marker before you take things apart.
2) While the tire is off, Inspect your rear brake shoes. Better, yet just replace them while you have the wheel off. I would have replaced mine, but I didn't have new ones on hand, I SHOULD have ordered some in advance, local shop (a Honda-Suzuki-Kawasaki combined dealer) didn't have 'em in stock, I checked. So maybe order some before you yank the wheel. Might as well do it all at once. Also check your tread, now is a good time to take the wheel down to the dealer and get new rubber, usually the stealers charge less to mount a tire when it's off the bike already.
3) Putting things back is a pain. I dropped the belt guard and left shock, that helps to give you some room. If you can get somebody to help you, to hold things while you drive the axle back in, all the better. I did it on my lonesome with my dog watching.
lots'o' cussing' and dropping spacers etc .....Until:
4) Get a long bolt, smaller diameter then the axle, slide this through the spacers, wheel, belt tensioners etc. Think really loose fitting axle, THEN tap in axle which then pushes the bolt through. Makes the job easy as pie as it keeps everything semi lined up and in place. Also maybe put a board or something under your wheel to hold it up while you do this.
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