Front wheel removal - is a tech page/video avaialble?

[gordorad]

Hi, and yes, I've done the search and can not find anything appropriate.

I'm looking for a video or tech page that shows the proper way to remove the front wheel.

Thanks.

[9Ball]

Do you have a shop manual?

Just asking as this is a very simple job that is fully detailed in Section 13, pages 13-8 and 13-9.

Is there something that is hanging you up?

[gordorad]

Thanks....that is a good place to start.  I believe I downloaded it...  Thanks.

[hubcapsc]

The steps in the manual will do you right, you need to tighten some stuff, then work
the forks, and then tighten some stuff on the other side. Exact detail and order of what
to do is in the manual....

One mistake some of us have done is to not mash the axle in far enough... it needs to be
flush with the fork... if you don't do this right, you'll have your brakes rubbing and stuff...
Here's a picture of an axle not pushed in far enough...



-Mike

[X Ring]

1st time I did it, I used the instructions in Kulow's maintenance guide in shoptalk but here is the separate instructions.  http://www.valkyrieriders.com/shoptalk/TireChangeSplineLube.htm

Marty

[gordorad]

The manual also says remove the brakes but I've never seen anyone do that, and I've been told it is not necessary......

To mash the axle I'm guessing a rubber mallet?

[KY,Dave (AKA Misunderstood)]

The manual also says remove the brakes but I've never seen anyone do that, and I've been told it is not necessary......

To mash the axle I'm guessing a rubber mallet?

Straddle bike and hold front brakes while pushing forward hard to press it in place before tightening. That's if we are talking about the same thing.

[hubcapsc]

The manual also says remove the brakes but I've never seen anyone do that, and I've been told it is not necessary......

To mash the axle I'm guessing a rubber mallet?

Yeah, well, they want you to take your mufflers off to get the rear wheel off 

If the way you have your bike jacked up makes it easy enough for you to slide the wheel
back in and get both rotors back into both calipers at the same time, there should be no need to
take the calipers off. If it  makes it easier to take the calipers off, put the wheel on, and then slide
each caliper down onto its rotor, do that... I don't think I take the calipers off...

Anywho... whether it makes it easier for someone to take the fender/calipers/whatever off
to get the job done, I think the real important things are the orders of tightening the nuts
and bolts that hold your wheel on, and the pumping of the forks at the right time to get stuff
seated right. And if you get done and your axle is sticking out a little like the one in the picture -
you're not done 

I think I tightened the axle bolt enough to pull it all the way through last time I did it. And
if I remember, the axle bolt is not the first thing the manual sez to tighten, so I loosened
it after the axle was where I wanted it to be, and then tightened everything in the order
the manual specifies...

-Mike

[longrider]

+1 on the assembly.  I do remove the calipers and gently tie them back to the crash bars while I am working.  The biggest mistake many of us have made is not getting the axle flush with the fork. This will cause the caliper to contact the rivets on the rotors.  The fork is round therefore it (the axle) should be flush at the top and bottom where it meets the fork but protrude at each side . 

warren

[9Ball]

let us know how it goes....it's also a good time to clean/lube the speedo gears and polish the wheel while everything is apart.

[PhredValk]

I use a rubber mallet now, but a hammer and piece of 2X4 works fine too. I've had mine off twice now, tire change and then fork seals. Easy job, 10-15 min to take it off or put it back on.

If you're getting the tire replaced, may I suggest you install steel valve stems?
Fred.

[OldOneEye]

1st time I did it, I used the instructions in Kulow's maintenance guide in shoptalk but here is the separate instructions.  http://www.valkyrieriders.com/shoptalk/TireChangeSplineLube.htm

Marty

I just had the front off, I was able to follow the instructions in this link. my only problem was the left right thing..... in the end I had to pretend to sit on the bike to say this is my LEFT, and this is my RIGHT... ha.ha....

Now that I have done it once, It is easy, also I discovered that my pads were almost gone, got some on order.

[6pak2go]

"straddle bike and hold front brakes while pushing forward hard to press it in place before tightening."

that's what the manual says to do, I just had my wheel off and put it back on this way.
I was just wondering WHY it takes this to seat the axle?  Just curious, inquiring minds need to know I reckon.

[X Ring]

1st time I did it, I used the instructions in Kulow's maintenance guide in shoptalk but here is the separate instructions.  http://www.valkyrieriders.com/shoptalk/TireChangeSplineLube.htm

Marty

I just had the front off, I was able to follow the instructions in this link. my only problem was the left right thing..... in the end I had to pretend to sit on the bike to say this is my LEFT, and this is my RIGHT... ha.ha....

Now that I have done it once, It is easy, also I discovered that my pads were almost gone, got some on order.

When you're working on a Valk, the instructions refer to the Valk's left and right sides, not yours.

Marty