Post by kz1000st on Aug 3, 2010 13:06:48 GMT -5
I told Rebel I'd take some pictures and describe the war I'd go through changing my rear tire on the Milano.
First thing to go is the exhaust pipe. On mine it's one piece so I had to hold the end of it with my leg as I loosened the two long acorn nuts to keep them from binding. Of course I have two fender nuts and two bolts through the pipe to the engine through the swing arm bracket to take out first.
Once that's done the nut for the wheel has to come off along with shock bolt. Thank heavens I bought an impact gun. Even my electric cheapy pulled the axle nut off in the blink of an eye. Getting the bracket off proved to be the fun part of the job. Obviously no one at the factory greased the inside of the bearing where the axle went through and they were slightly rusted together. Also, I was warned and it was true. I had to let the air out of the tire to take it off and put it back on. Take note there's a short spacer on the outside of the bracket next to the nut, a long spacer inside the bracket that goes inside the wheel, next to the splines. I greased everything when I put it back together after cleaning it as best I could.
Confessions: I used a torque wrench and snugged it all together at 70 lb. ft. My original target was 100 but when I started to lift the scooter off the floor I backed off. I was going to use loctite blue but there was so much grease in the wheel threads and I couldn't get it clean I knew the loctite would be useless. I figure a long 1/2 torque wrench set at 70 lb. ft. is tight enough.
Also I'm tired of skinning my knuckles at my age. The local Kawasaki dealer removed the old tire, mounted the new one and disposed of the old one for me for $10. For that I tossed the kid that did it a $5 tip. He took the tire off with his machine and put the new one on in three minutes, maybe four. Well worth the money to me.
My Final Inspector OK'd the job and went back to relaxing on the porch. I knew the job was done and it was time to clean up. I'm all ready for another 3,000 miles of happy traveling.
First thing to go is the exhaust pipe. On mine it's one piece so I had to hold the end of it with my leg as I loosened the two long acorn nuts to keep them from binding. Of course I have two fender nuts and two bolts through the pipe to the engine through the swing arm bracket to take out first.
Once that's done the nut for the wheel has to come off along with shock bolt. Thank heavens I bought an impact gun. Even my electric cheapy pulled the axle nut off in the blink of an eye. Getting the bracket off proved to be the fun part of the job. Obviously no one at the factory greased the inside of the bearing where the axle went through and they were slightly rusted together. Also, I was warned and it was true. I had to let the air out of the tire to take it off and put it back on. Take note there's a short spacer on the outside of the bracket next to the nut, a long spacer inside the bracket that goes inside the wheel, next to the splines. I greased everything when I put it back together after cleaning it as best I could.
Confessions: I used a torque wrench and snugged it all together at 70 lb. ft. My original target was 100 but when I started to lift the scooter off the floor I backed off. I was going to use loctite blue but there was so much grease in the wheel threads and I couldn't get it clean I knew the loctite would be useless. I figure a long 1/2 torque wrench set at 70 lb. ft. is tight enough.
Also I'm tired of skinning my knuckles at my age. The local Kawasaki dealer removed the old tire, mounted the new one and disposed of the old one for me for $10. For that I tossed the kid that did it a $5 tip. He took the tire off with his machine and put the new one on in three minutes, maybe four. Well worth the money to me.
My Final Inspector OK'd the job and went back to relaxing on the porch. I knew the job was done and it was time to clean up. I'm all ready for another 3,000 miles of happy traveling.
CAN YOU HELP ME OUT MAN,AS i LOST ME JOB DUE TO NOT BEING ABLE TO GET THERE?ANY INF