Rear Wheel; Wheel Balance - MOTO GUZZI 850-T3 Owner's Manual

30 Adjusting the spokes
Check that . all spokes are tightened and the
vyheel is correctly trued by proceeding as follows :
To.
re-assemble the wheel operate viceversa ; after
re-asembling check clearance between pad and
disc. (See chapter «Checking pad wearing») .
Rear wheel
- Undo the screw securing left silencer to frame;
and remove silencer from exhaust tube after
undoing the screw securing its fixing clamp.
- Loosen nut «8 » on the spindle, drive box side.
- Undo wheel spindle securing screw «C» , on
rear hwinging arm.
- Take spindle «D» out of drive box, wheel hub
and rear swinging arm.
- Take braking disc out of caliper «E».
- Remove caliper from stop pin on rear swin-
ging arm; place it on motorcycle lifting hand-
grip.
- Lean the motorcycle to the right so to free
the wheel «F» from rear swinging arm and
drive box.
To re-fit the wheel operate viceversa.
Remember to fit caliper on the rear sWinging arm
(left) and to check clearance between pad and
braking disc. (See proper chapter in section
«Maintenance •• ).
• spin the wheel and check its truing if ne-
cessary act on right or left spokes until the
wheel turns properly. This checking has to be
carried out after the first 500 km (300 miles) and
later on , every 1500 km (900 miles) or so.
Wheel balance
To im prove stability and decrease vibrations at
high speeds the wheels have to be kept balanced .
Operations are as follows:
• after removing the wheel and checking spoke
tightenin g and w!1eel truing suspend it on a fork ;
• spin,.1Iie wheel lightly several
times ~l:md
see
if it stops always in various positions, thus indi-
cating a eprrect bat ance;
• if one point of the wheel always stops at the
bottom , put a balance weight on a spoke oppo-
site that point.
• repeat this
· ope~ation·
until the wheel is cor-
rectly balanced then fix the balance weights to
. the spokes by means of pliers.