AJS 350 1954, Maintenance Manual And Instruction Book, Page: 63 / 96

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effective height of the wheel spindle) the wheel can be withdrawn towards the front.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, Now attach
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. Then tighten the left side spindle nut and lastly the nuts
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 REAR WHEEL (Spring Frame Models)
Place the machine on the centre stand. Loosen the bolt in rearmost position on each
tubular member to which the detachable rear portion of the mudguard is fixed. Also
slacken the two bolts securing the two portions of mudguard together. The rear
portion can then be removed.
Disconnect the snap connector in the wire of the rear lamp.
Remove adjusting nut from rear brake rod.
Revolve rear wheel till the chain connecting link is in its most possible rear-most position.
Remove connecting link and allow chain to come right away from the rear wheel sprocket
but ensure it hangs so it cannot come away from the gear box sprocket. Engage a gear
to prevent sprocket revolving.
Disconnect speedometer cable from speedometer gear box by unscrewing the cable
gland nut.
Slacken the nut, on the rear wheel spindle that positions the speedometer gear box.
Slacken both exterior nuts on the rear wheel spindle three complete turns.
Using adjustable wrench 017249, apply it to the hexagonal body of the adjusting cam
on the left-hand end of the wheel axle and turn the cam till, by pushing the wheel
forwards, the wheel is in its most forward possible position.
Hold left-hand side of wheel tightly forward against the cam stop and pull backwards
the right-hand side of the wheel so that the brake cover plate disengages with the square.
headed anchor bolt. Then pull wheel away from the fork ends.
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