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Old 09-03-14, 10:41
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Rear Wheel Replacement

I've just read a blog piece by Red Bike John [1] where he (rightly) moans about the fiddle that is replacing the Ten's rear wheel with the silly spacers.

Having seethed with frustration replacing the rear wheel on my Ten in the past I have a solution that makes life much, much easier.

I just raise the front end a touch so the swinging arm end is lowered; you then don't have to lift the rear wheel into position - the cause of the spacer knocks. It just needs rolling, with spacers in place, into position. No bother.

It needs a centre stand to work and in the workshop I put a bottle jack under the sump guard and out in the field prop it up with a sturdy stick, bricks or wood (not that I've tried in the middle of nowhere).



[1] http://www.redbikejohn.com/Wilts%20B...une%202011.htm
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