12.3.2 Repairing a flat tyre (front)
Requirements:
• Allen key 5 mm
• Open-end spanner 24 mm
• Repair kit for inner tubes or a new inner tube.
• Talcum powder
Remove the wheel
• Jack the vehicle up and place a block of wood
underneath it to prop it up.
• Remove the plastic cap (1).
• Loosen and remove the nut (2) using the open-
end spanner.
• Remove the washer (3).
• Take the wheel off of the fork assembly.
NOTE
Re-assembly is done in reverse order. Make sure that the wheel is put back on the same side it
was on, and that it runs in the same direction it did before it was removed.
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