Rear Wheel; Removing The Rear Wheel; Checking And Replacing The Rear Wheel Sprocket; Installing The Rear Wheel - Yamaha YZ450FX 2023 Owner's Manual

EAM20096

REAR WHEEL

EAM30022

REMOVING THE REAR WHEEL

1. Use a maintenance stand to raise the rear
wheel off the ground.
EWA13120
WARNING
Securely support the vehicle so that there is
no danger of it falling over.
2. Remove:
• Rear wheel axle nut "1"
3. Loosen:
• Locknut "2"
4. Tighten:
• Adjusting bolt "3"
5. Remove:
• Rear wheel axle
• Rear wheel
TIP
• Push the rear wheel forward and remove the
drive chain from the rear wheel sprocket.
• Do not depress the brake pedal with the rear
wheel removed.
EAM30025
CHECKING AND REPLACING THE REAR
WHEEL SPROCKET
1. Check:
• Rear wheel sprocket
More than 1/4 tooth wear "a"  Replace the
rear wheel sprocket and the drive sprocket as
a set.
Bent tooth  Replace the rear wheel sprock-
et and the drive sprocket as a set.
b. Correct
1. Drive chain roller
2. Rear wheel sprocket
2. Replace:
• Rear wheel sprocket
a. Remove the self-locking nuts and the rear
wheel sprocket.
b. Clean the rear wheel drive hub with a
clean cloth, especially the surfaces that
contact the sprocket.
2
c. Install the new rear wheel sprocket.
3
1
TIP
Tighten the self-locking nuts in stages and in a
crisscross pattern.
EAM30027

INSTALLING THE REAR WHEEL

1. Install:
• Rear wheel
TIP
Install the brake disc "1" between the brake pads
"2" correctly.
2. Install:
• Drive chain "1"
TIP
Push the rear wheel "2" forward and install the
4-4
REAR WHEEL
Rear wheel sprocket self-locking
nut
50 N·m (5.0 kgf·m, 37 lb·ft)
2
1
2