Wheels And Brakes; To Remove Front Wheel; To Re-Fit Front Wheel; To Remove Detachable Rear Wheel - Matchless G3L Maintenance Manual

WHEELS AND BRAKES

TO REMOVE FRONT WHEEL

Place machine on both stands.
Remove the split pin, and pin, retaining yoke end of front brake cable to the brake
expander lever.
Remove bolt retaining brake anchor stay to brake cover plate.
Slacken the nut on the left-hand end of front wheel spindle.
Remove the four nuts retaining the caps to the fork sliders, which will permit the removal
of the two caps and, putting pressure on the front wheel (in order to decrease the
effective height of the wheel spindle) the wheel can be withdrawn towards the front.
NOTE—The two caps MUST be re-fitted in same order and position as originally.
Therefore, lay them aside so that the order and position of assembly will be
correctly made.
Do not attempt to use the FRONT STAND unless the machine is supported
by the centre stand (on SPRING FRAME MODELS) or by the REAR STAND
(on RIGID FRAME MODELS).

TO RE-FIT FRONT WHEEL

Holding the left side cap on the wheel spindle, offer wheel up so as to engage the cap
with its securing studs. Then apply fixing nuts and washers but only loosely tighten.
NOTE—To pass the wheel spindle into position it may be necessary to apply pressure
to flatten the tyre so as to enable the spindle to pass the forward fixing studs.
Next, fit the right side cap and again only loosely tighten the securing nuts.
the brake anchor arm and refit the yoke end pin.
Next fully tighten the nuts securing the left side cap, taking care to keep the gap fore
and aft approximately equal.
securing the right side cap.
Should any fork stiffness be apparent after re-fixing the front wheel, loosen the nuts
securing the right side cap and after working the fork up and down violently, re-tighten.
This action will ensure that the wheel clamp occupies its natural position on the spindle
end on which it is intentionally not positioned.
TO REMOVE DETACHABLE REAR WHEEL (Spring Frame Models)
Place the machine on the centre stand. Loosen the bolt in the rearmost position on each
tubular member to which the detachable rear portion of the mudguard is secured. Also
slacken off the two bolts securing the two portions of mudguard together. Disconnect
the snap connectors of the rear lamp wire when the rear portion of mudguard is free to
be taken away.
Disconnect speedometer drive by unscrewing the cable gland nut and withdrawing drive
cable end from the speedometer gear box. Then remove the wheel spindle end nut and
washer and withdraw spindle together with distance collar which will fall as spindle is
withdrawn. The wheel is now free to be removed.
In refitting it will be found best to offer up the wheel, insert spindle without the distance
collar and after engaging the driving pegs hold wheel in situ, withdraw the spindle and
insert the distance collar.
Upon tightening the spindle end nut make certain the collar end of the spindle is in
contact with the chain adjusting screw to ensure correct wheel alignment. Also see that
the speedometer gear box is positioned correctly.
Then tighten the left side spindle nut and lastly the nuts
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