URAL Motorcycles 2014 Gear up, Owner'S Manual

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Chapter 8
WHEELS AND TIRES
The Ural motorcycle is equipped with easily demountable wheels with the cast (aluminum) brake
drum on short spokes of the same size on the rear wheels and steel disc and machined hub on the
front wheel.
Removing wheels. To remove the front wheel, set the motorcycle on its stand, lift it by the front
wheel and put a rest under the front portion of the motorcycle frame. (You may want to purchase a
scissor jack or bottle jack to carry along in the sidecar storage compartment. This will make it
easier to change any of the three wheels on the rig.) Slacken the nut of the union bolt at the end-
piece base of the fork left-hand leg. Screw out the axle turning it clockwise (left-hand thread) and
remove the wheel together with the front brake disc.
To reinstall the front wheel on the motorcycle follow the reverse order of the above operations
seeing to it that the brake disc evenly engages with the brake caliper.
To remove the rear wheel of the motorcycle, lift the motorcycle onto the center stand. Undo the rear
wheel axle nut and take it off together with the washer, slacken off the nut on the union bolt of the
left-hand leg of the swinging arm, pull out the rear wheel axle with the help of a wrench bar and
remove the wheel.
To reinstall the wheel on the motorcycle follow the reverse order of operations. Prior to reassem-
bling, wipe the axle and grease it. Fitting the rear axle, turn it as you push it in to avoid jamming.
To remove the spare wheel, use the wrench from the tool kit that has two studs that fit the two holes
in the round nut holding the luggage rack down.
Care should be taken to keep tires properly inflated. Check before riding when tires are cold. Do
not overinflate tires.
Warning: N ever interchange the front for the rear wheels.
WARNING: I
MPROPER TIRE INFLATION WILL CAUSE ABNORMAL TREAD WEAR AND COULD RESULT IN UN
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STABLE HANDLING
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NDER
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INFLATION COULD RESULT IN THE TIRE SLIPPING ON THE RIM
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