Rear Wheel removal on 83 Yamaha Maxim 650

I'm no expert, but I have taken rear wheels of many of my bikes which
have all been shaft drive (6 bikes). You just undo the axle bolt, pull
it out and the wheel hub just slips out of the final drive. All these
bikes were Hondas, but I suspect the Yamaha is the same.

Fitchin wrote:
 > Hello all,
 >
 > A friend of mine wants to remove the back wheel of his Maxim in order to
 > replace the rubber, and is looking for advice on how to do it. Looks fairly
 > straightforward except fir the shaft drive. Is it as simple as removing the
 > bolts and pulling it apart? Is there anything special to look for when doing
 > so?
 >
 > He's no stranger to the mechanical side of things so he should be able to
 > work his way through it, he's just looking for any "tricks of the trade"
 >
 > Anyone have any links to a web site that describes how to do this?
 >
 > Thanks in advance,
 >
 > Craig
 >
 > 2002 Kawasaki 800 Vulcan Classic
 >
 >


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Fitchin <Fitchinremove_this.DeleteThis@yahoo.ca> wrote:

 > Hello all,
 >
 > A friend of mine wants to remove the back wheel of his Maxim in order to
 > replace the rubber, and is looking for advice on how to do it. Looks fairly
 > straightforward except fir the shaft drive. Is it as simple as removing the
 > bolts and pulling it apart? Is there anything special to look for when doing
 > so?
 >
 > He's no stranger to the mechanical side of things so he should be able to
 > work his way through it, he's just looking for any "tricks of the trade"
 >
 > Anyone have any links to a web site that describes how to do this?
 >
 > Thanks in advance,
 >
Other poster is correct.

A useful tip when re-fitting, though, is to hang the rear wheel on a
couple of bungees, fastened round the seat.

This makes it much easier to guide it into position because you're not
bearing the weight of it.


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Thanks for the responses,

Craig


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 > Hello all,
 >
 > A friend of mine wants to remove the back wheel of his Maxim in order to
 > replace the rubber, and is looking for advice on how to do it. Looks
fairly
 > straightforward except fir the shaft drive. Is it as simple as removing
the
 > bolts and pulling it apart? Is there anything special to look for when
doing
 > so?
 >
 > He's no stranger to the mechanical side of things so he should be able to
 > work his way through it, he's just looking for any "tricks of the trade"
 >
 > Anyone have any links to a web site that describes how to do this?
 >
 > Thanks in advance,
 >
 > Craig
 >
 > 2002 Kawasaki 800 Vulcan Classic
 >
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