AJS 350 1954, Maintenance Manual And Instruction Book, Page: 64 / 96

TO REMOVE REAR WHEEL (Rigid Frame Models)
Place machine on rear stand.
Disconnect rear lamp wire at connection near rear wheel spindle.
Disconnect speedometer driving cable. (Unscrew gland nut on cable.)
Disconnect rear chain connecting link. (Allow chain to hang clear of the rear wheel
sprocket without becoming disengaged from the gear box small sprocket.) Engage a
gear to prevent sprocket revolving.
Slacken the two bolts securing rear portion of rear mudguard to its front portion.
Loosen nut and washer from bolt securing mudguard side bridge and tool box stay to
tubular stay.
Remove adjusting nut from rear brake rod.
Slacken the two nuts (unscrew about four turns) retaining the rear mudguard side stays
to their studs.
Slacken the two nuts an the rear wheel spindle.
Remove the rear portion of the rear mudguard, with its stays, leaving tool box and stay
In position.
Remove the rear wheel from the fork ends by twisting It sideways to release and clear
the rear brake cover plate anchor bolt and then withdrawing it to the rear.
Re-fit in the reverse order but, before finally tightening the rear wheel spindle nuts,
ensure the speedometer gear box is so positioned that the speedometer driving cable
can be correctly replaced.
When the wheel alignment is correct a piece of thin string stretched taut across both
wheels, about four inches from, and parallel to, the ground, should just touch each tyre
at both sides of the wheel centres.
Alternatively, a straight wooden batten, about five feet long, is handy to use for checking
wheel alignment. This should be applied, as in the case of string, parallel to and about
four inches from the ground.
NOTE—Always check the rear chain tension and the rear brake adjustment after making
an alteration to the rear wheel position.
TO RE-FIT REAR WHEEL (Spring Frame Model)
Reverse the removal procedure, see that the speedometer drive dogs are engaged, but
leave the tightening of the nut that locates the speedometer gear box for the final
operation, i.e.. after the speedometer cable has been re-connected and the exterior
axle nuts have been tightened. (This also applies to Rigid Frame Models.)
1.
2.
REAR BRAKE COVER
PLATE.
BOLT, ANCHORING
COVER PLATE TO
REAR FRAME.
Illustration 20
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