Removing The Rear Wheel - APRILIA RSV mille Workshop Manual

RSV mille

7.3.1 REMOVING THE REAR WHEEL

Carefully read 0.5.1 (PRECAUTIONS AND GENERAL
INFORMATIONS) and 2.34 (REAR WHEEL).
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WARNING
Wait until the engine and the exhaust silencer have
completely cooled down.
While disassembling and reassembling the wheel, be
careful not to damage the brake pipe, the disc and the
pads.
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Position the vehicle on the appropriate rear support
stand, see 1.8.2 (POSITIONING THE VEHICLE ON
THE REAR SUPPORT STAND m)
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Put a support (2) under the tyre, in such a way as to
keep the wheel in its position after loosening it.
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Slacken the drive chain completely, see 2.36.3 (AD-
JUSTING THE DRIVING CHAIN).
Wheel nut (3) driving torque: 120 Nm (12 kgm).
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Loosen and remove the wheel nut (3), taking the wash-
er (4).
NOTE
To facilitate the extraction of the wheel pin, slight-
ly raise the wheel.
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Withdraw the wheel pin (5) from the left side.
NOTE
Check the arrangement of the right (6) and left
(7) chain tighteners, in order to be able to reassemble
them correctly.
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Take the right (6) and left (7) chain tighteners.
NOTE
Lower the drive chain (8) outside the crown gear
(9).
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Make the wheel advance and release the drive chain
(8) from the crown gear (9).
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Withdraw the wheel from the rear fork from behind,
carefully withdrawing the disc from the brake caliper.
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CAUTION
Do not operate the rear brake lever after removing the
wheel, since the pins may go out of their seats and
cause brake fluid leakages.
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CAUTION
The left (10) and right spacer rings (11) remain posi-
tioned in the respective seats on the wheel; if they
should come off, reposition them correctly.
NOTE
The support plate (12) of the brake caliper (13)
remains positioned on the right side of the rear fork.
Proceed with care. If the final drive unit (14) is installed on
the flexible coupling holder (15), do not overturn or rotate
the rear wheel in horizontal position on the rear sprocket
side (A), since the final drive unit would come off and fall
down, with the risk of damaging the rear sprocket (9).
NOTE
The removal of the final drive unit isn't neces-
sary if the wheel is in the normal running position (verti-
cal) or in horizontal position with the rear sprocket facing
upwards and in both cases secured against overturning.
Release 00/2002-10
NOTE
Do not unscrew the five nuts (16). The whole fi-
nal drive unit must be withdrawn from the flexible cou-
pling holder.
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Working (B) with both hands on the outer diameter of
the sprocket (9), withdraw the final drive unit parallely
to the wheel axis.
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Check the state of repair of the components, see 7.3.3
(CHECKING THE REAR WHEEL COMPONENTS).
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