Rear Drive Reassembly Questions

[xman]

My first Valk two tire replacement, left rear wheel bearing, rear drive service is done. The test ride went well, It was perfectly quiet and smooth in the turns and bumps. I learned a lot, and hope I can help out someone as you guys have helped me.

The questions  I have.  Can the rear wheel be lifted and lined up to go into the spline with the swing arm all the way down. I tried it but couldn't get it far enough left. The tire width seemed to be the issue.  So I jacked the swing arm up level, held it there,  as I jacked the tire up.  I think the next time I going to have a overhead hoist to hold and move things up and down.  What are your special tricks to do this? 

Question 2.  When do you tighten the fount wheel axel bolt. I did it after tightening the left pinch bolts. I'm I looking at this right, it dosen't seem like compressing the forks and then tightening the right pinch bolts can do much after the axel bolt is tight. What's your procedure?


Tom 

[BonS]

I urge you to visit the ShopTalk section of this forum http://www.valkyrieriders.com/shoptalk/ as this is a great reference for many common Valkyrie procedures. Specifically to your tire changing needs and assembly/tightening sequences try this: http://www.valkyrieriders.com/shoptalk/TireChangeSplineLube.htm